All posts by Michelle Cohen

Michelle is a New York-based writer and content strategist who has worked extensively with lifestyle brands like Seventeen, Country Living, Harper’s Bazaar and iVillage. In addition to being a copywriter for a digital media agency she writes about culture, New York City neighborhoods, real estate, style, design and technology among other topics. She has lived in a number of major US cities on both coasts and in between and loves all things relating to urbanism and culture.

Cool Listings, Greenwich Village

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This Gold Coast penthouse at 21 East 10th Street is blessed with open city views in three directions, and a landscaped terrace that wraps the home on three sides means you can enjoy the views–from the Freedom Tower to the Empire State Building–indoors or out. Asking $2,995,000, the two-bedroom pre-war co-op has plenty of interior charm, with large rooms, coffered ceilings, and wood floors awash in natural light.

Step out on the terrace and enjoy the view

Cool Listings, Upper West Side 

All photos courtesy of Fox Residential

On one of the Upper West Side’s loveliest historic blocks, the ornate 12-story Beaux-Arts building at 171 West 71st Street known as the Dorilton is an icon of Gilded Age Manhattan living. This distinctive penthouse duplex is as grand as you’d imagine, with four bedrooms, a multi-level planted terrace, and a kitchen on each floor. Asking $7,800,000, we’re guessing this capacious co-op is a two-unit combo, with an elevator serving both floors in addition to a grand stair winding its way between them. Both levels of the duplex have dazzling city views.

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Cool Listings, Upper West Side 

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Begin living immediately–no renovation necessary–in a home that has been luxuriously reimagined by its current owner as a five-story-plus-cellar townhouse masterpiece with an unparalleled level of comfort, within the peerless borders of Manhattan’s Upper West Side. This 7,111-square-foot urban mansion contains six bedrooms, seven baths, and two powder rooms. At its heart is a hand-crafted curving staircase. Asking $26,000,000, 248 West 71st Street stands less than two blocks from Central Park, Riverside Park, and the Hudson River. In addition to an iconic address on a historic block, the townhouse boasts front and back gardens, gas and wood-burning fireplaces, private terraces, and endless custom fixtures and finishes. In addition to the graceful stair, all floors can be accessed by a commercial-grade high-speed walnut-clad elevator.

Take the elevator and explore the townhouse

Boerum Hill, Cool Listings

All photos by Russ Ross for The Corcoran Group

If you crave outdoor space with your city living, this two-bedroom Boerum Hill condo at 52 Third Avenue is a triple threat. Asking $1,795,000, this top-floor apartment has three separate decked terraces ready to become a multi-level garden paradise–or party space–complete with skyline views. You don’t have to sacrifice indoor living, either, with 1,000 square feet of interior space.

Take the indoor/outdoor tour

Central Park South, Cool Listings

Photos courtesy of BK HOME PHOTOS

This 1,000-square-foot studio possesses a unique floor plan highlighted by 8-foot corner windows and Carnegie Hall views. The 19th-century co-op building at 205 West 57th Street, known as the Osborne, is located on Billionaires’ Row, and the historic building has seen its share of famous residents, including the unit just across the hall. Once owned by Leonard Bernstein, that apartment was purchased by actress Jessica Chastain in 2015. But the apartment’s Gilded Age luxury sets it apart from its somewhat generic condo neighbors. Asking $1,950,000, this remarkable studio boasts details like mahogany-clad walls and ceilings, original Tiffany window transoms, a mezzanine library, jade onyx fixtures, and an electric Murphy bed.

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Cool Listings, Greenwich Village, West Village 

Photo credit: Evan Joseph Studios

One of a row of historic townhouses in Manhattan’s West Village, this four-story townhouse at 122 West Washington Place is asking $7,750,000. The home once belonged to the late British runway model Stella Tennant, who renovated the brick-fronted townhouse and created its glass-roofed atrium above an extension at the south-facing rear facade.

Greenwich Village townhouse tour, this way

Cool Listings, Park Slope

All photos courtesy of Udi Almog of H5

Unlike many new-construction single-family homes in the city, this four-story-plus-basement-and-roof-deck townhouse, asking $4,995,000, combines luxury with great design and considered convenience. The 20-foot-wide home at 566 Carroll Street reads modern from the outside, clad in ipe wood; within are 3,732 square feet of Brooklyn townhouse goodness on four floors, including a back patio and roof deck, chic custom kitchen, five bedrooms, a basement gym and plenty of entertaining space.

More this way

Celebrities, Cool Listings, Upper East Side

Photo credit: Mike Tauber for Brown Harris Stevens

Iconic wearable women’s fashion designer Adrienne Vittadini has just listed the Upper East Side apartment she and her husband Gigi (full name Gianluigi) purchased in 1986. Asking $7,500,000, the two-bedroom co-op at 1115 Fifth Avenue has amazing views of Central Park and the Reservoir from four rooms. The home’s interiors project a quiet Manhattan elegance, complementing the couple’s vast collection of art and furniture. Though a painstaking renovation resulted in peerless finishes like 24-karat gold leaf columns and luxurious textiles, it’s the view that gets the most attention, as the retired designer told the New York Times: “I really wanted the outdoors to dominate the indoors. I didn’t want anything to clash with that or impact the view.”

Check out those amazing views

Cool Listings, Morningside Heights

Photo credit: Brown Harris Stevens

This sprawling co-op in a classic pre-war building at 532 West 111th Street on Manhattan’s Upper West Side offers a considerable amount of space for its ask of $1,495,000–if you don’t mind navigating the awkward twists and turns often found in pre-war apartments. The co-op’s interior design takes its cue from a Mondrian painting, bringing creativity and color to its classic 20th-century architecture.

Take the tour

Cool Listings, Midtown West, More Top Stories

Photo courtesy of Extell

Trophy pad alert: A 12,557-square-foot penthouse in Central Park Tower at 217 West 57th Street just hit the market, asking for a skyscraping $175,000,000. The duplex Billionaires’ Row condo spans the 107th and 108th floor of what is to date the Western Hemisphere’s tallest residential tower. It’s a tower filled with superlatives–including the world’s highest residence,  a $250 million triplex just a few floors above. If this two-story sky mansion gets its asking price, it could be New York City’s second-biggest residential sale ever.

Behold this Central Park Tower penthouse in the sky

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