This $19M sky palace high above Park Avenue has a manor house-worthy terrace garden
Photo credit: David Paler for The Corcoran Group
This penthouse duplex at 895 Park Avenue is every bit of what you’d expect in an Upper East Side co-op asking $19,000,000, from private passenger and service elevators to an endless landscaped wrap terrace to a dramatic, sweeping stair. Pre-war grandeur is a given, and the home’s interiors are as palatial as its proportions. With six bedrooms on one sprawling floor and a living and entertaining level surrounded by breathtaking city views, this classic sky mansion embodies the opulence of a long-gone Gilded Age.
Emerge from the elevator into a stunning entrance gallery bathed in sunlight, clad in marble tile and opulent wall and ceiling murals, and offering a glimpse of that majestic terrace through a door at one end. Beyond, an oak-clad corner living room with ceilings over 10 feet high is anchored by a working fireplace.
The formal dining room is ready for grand-scale entertaining. In addition to having three exposures, this dazzling dining space features French doors that open onto the terrace.
The verdant terrace is worthy of a manor garden, with manicured topiary hedges and weathered limestone pavers. Fully landscaped and furnished, this outdoor wonderland wraps three sides of the duplex, perfect for enchanted gatherings surrounded by the city’s skyline.
The kitchen area provides the engine for grand-scale dining and entertaining. A windowed butler’s pantry boasts a Miele dishwasher and a Scotsman ice maker; a casual breakfast room features a built-in banquette. The eat-in kitchen is fortified with bespoke millwork framed by marble countertops, a Subzero refrigerator, a Miele dishwasher, double Viking ovens, and a six-burner range with a custom Abbaka copper hood.
Down a wide and sweeping stairway, six bedrooms are tucked away in private splendor. The primary suite includes a sitting room with a working fireplace. This elegant chamber is joined by a windowed dressing room, two primary bathrooms, and enough closets for a wealth of worldly goods.
This floor offers four more bedrooms, two with en-suite baths. In addition to meticulously preserved architectural details, every inch of this rarified residence conveys a decorator’s dreams. Both passenger and service elevators access both penthouse floors.
In addition to the apartment’s six bedrooms and sitting room, this level offers a corner library and a windowed laundry room. Halls are lined with closets, and a back stair provides direct access to the kitchen.
Built in 1930, this distinctive co-op building contains only thirty-eight residences. Services include a full-time doorman and porters and a live-in resident manager. The pet-friendly building offers a gym and a squash court with a basketball hoop.
[Listing details: 895 Park Avenue #PHC at CityRealty]
[At The Corcoran Group by Cathy Franklin and Alexis Bodenheimer]
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