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- Beds 2
- sq. ft 10,031
- Status Sold
- Year Built 1922
- Property Type Condo/coop
About This Property
Located on a charming tree-lined street at the corner of East 73rd Street, 920 Fifth Avenue was designed in the neo-Italian Renaissance style by noted American architect James E. R. Carpenter, who lived in the building from 1924. In addition to oblique views of Central Park, a versatile floorplan, 10 foot ceilings, 3 fireplaces, the sunny duplex is distinguished by the addition, through a well-designed interior stairway, of a suite of 3 upstairs staff rooms and a bath. A private elevator landing opens to a gracious entry gallery with a wet bar and a large guest closet, leading to a 50-foot expanse encompassing both the Living Room and Dining Room. The corner Living Room is beautifully proportioned and boasts a wood-burning fireplace, handsome herringbone parquet floors, 3 over-sized 8-over-8 double-paned windows with open northern and eastern exposures over the landmark-protected Upper East Side Historic District. An elegant Dining Room with fireplace affords pleasing oblique views of Central Park from 2 large windows. The corner Library/Bedroom adjoins a charming Sun Room and includes an en-suite Powder Room, easily converted back to a Full Bath for use as a third Bedroom. The spacious, sun-flooded Master Bedroom Suite enjoys a third fireplace, 5 closets and an en-suite Master Bath and large Dressing Room, originally 2 Staff Rooms and a Staff Bath. A lovely second Bedroom features a walk-in closet and an en-suite Bath. A large cedar closet and a walk-in linen closet complete the bedroom hall. A Breakfast Room adjoins an updated Chef's Kitchen, flooded with southern light. A stairway leads upstairs to 3 Staff Bedrooms and a Bath and provides convenient access to the building's lovely roof deck, with 77 feet of direct park frontage. The apartment transfers with 2 basement storage rooms. Flip Tax: 2% payable by the Purchaser. Financing is not permitted.