Colorful Pop art-filled East Village townhouse designed by Annabelle Selldorf asks $7.5M
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Colorful Pop art-filled East Village townhouse designed by Annabelle Selldorf asks $7.5M

July 20, 2017

The neighborhood is known for its tiny, cramped apartments, so living in an East Village townhouse already seems impossibly fortunate. But this four-story, 5,200-square-foot townhouse at 26 East 5th Street has the extra bragging rights to a top-to-toe renovation by starchitect Annabelle Selldorf. Built in 1900, this single-family home uses a 35-foot deep extension to add light and square footage, and the current residents have packed those square feet with a colorful Pop art collection and perfectly imperfect details. Minus the art, it’s asking $7.5 million.

526 East 5th Street, Annabelle Selldorf, East Village, Townhouse, cool listings

Located on a pretty and especially village-y tree-lined street between Avenues A and B, the home’s garden level entrance leads to a private home office. This space would easily lend itself to being incorporated into the upper floors or being used as a two bedroom rental apartment with a private entrance.

526 East 5th Street, Annabelle Selldorf, East Village, Townhouse, cool listings

The re-imagined historic building also has brand new wiring and mechanicals, central AC, a storage cellar and Citiquiet windows. A bright and spacious living room gets even more light from floor-to-ceiling sliding doors leading out to a private bluestone-paved garden.

526 East 5th Street, Annabelle Selldorf, East Village, Townhouse, cool listings

526 East 5th Street, Annabelle Selldorf, East Village, Townhouse, cool listings

Entering from the stoop brings you to the main parlor-floor living/dining space anchored by a marble-mantled fireplace and a custom stair. The rear extension holds a sleek white European-style eat-in-kitchen accentuated with colorful pops of art and whimsy and floor-to-ceiling sliding glass doors. Selldorf reworked the kitchen to give it an open workspace design. Chef-friendly finishes include a six-burner Viking range, a Liebherr refrigerator, a Miele dishwasher and plenty of storage space. Blush-hued marble countertops soften the contrast of black-and-white checkered floors and a large farmhouse sink. Access to the private garden and a powder room are on this floor as well.

526 East 5th Street, Annabelle Selldorf, East Village, Townhouse, cool listings

526 East 5th Street, Annabelle Selldorf, East Village, Townhouse, cool listings

526 East 5th Street, Annabelle Selldorf, East Village, Townhouse, cool listings
On the next floor are three good-sized bedrooms, a washer-dryer, two baths and a central skylight.

526 East 5th Street, Annabelle Selldorf, East Village, Townhouse, cool listings

526 East 5th Street, Annabelle Selldorf, East Village, Townhouse, cool listings

526 East 5th Street, Annabelle Selldorf, East Village, Townhouse, cool listings

The master bedroom is perched in the treetops on the home’s top floor, but certainly worth the climb. The entire fourth floor comprises the master suite including a huge bedroom with a wood-burning fireplace, a dressing room, a luxurious bathroom, a private den with sliding glass doors, a Juliet balcony, a black marble powder room and a spiral staircase leading to a roof deck with downtown Manhattan views. The master bath bath was designed with Moroccan fish scale tiles, a dual vanity, a claw foot tub and an oversized stall shower.

[Listing: 526 East 5th Street by Nick Gavin and Josh Doyle for Compass]

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