This list of pre-war NYC apartment buildings is the the la creme de la creme of luxury living. If you can manage a home in one of the opulent structures, what you'll get is very solid and quiet construction, crisp and prompt service, impeccable location, intriguing fellow residents, and an architectural masterpiece. All-in-all, a delectable, irresistible, urban stew.
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#1 - 998 Fifth Avenue
Co-op in Carnegie Hill
The city's first major luxury apartment building on Fifth Avenue to look suitable for Italian Renaissance princes and princesses, this building has full-floor museums for its live-in connoisseurs.
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#2 - River House, 435 East 52nd Street
Co-op in Beekman/Sutton Place
One senses that "Dancing in the Dark" is played more often than the Bee Gees' "You Should Be Dancing" in this Art Deco-style emporium of very plush decorum overlooking the East River.
Price Range
$4.9M - $9.3M
Avg. Price / Ft2
$1,497
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#3 - 834 Fifth Avenue
Co-op in Park/Fifth Ave. to 79th St.
Once inside the entrance, the lobby is darkly enchanting as befits the enchanted lives of its few residents.
Price Range
$18M
Avg. Price / Ft2
$3,600
Apts Available
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#4 - 960 Fifth Avenue
Co-op in Park/Fifth Ave. to 79th St.
They may not holler "Let 'em eat cake" at pedestrians because they've got their own very handsome and elegant sidestreet residents' restaurant.
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#5 - 820 Fifth Avenue
Co-op in Park/Fifth Ave. to 79th St.
This very handsome limestone apartment building has very, very attractive sidewalk landscaping, so keep off.
Price Range
$14M
Apts Available
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#6 - The San Remo, 145 Central Park West
Co-op in Central Park West
If you see vestal virgins they're probably wafting up to the tempiettos atop this building's beautiful twin towers.
Price Range
$5M
Apts Available
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#7 - The Beresford, 211 Central Park West
Co-op in Central Park West
The bright lights atop the three towers of this palatial apartment building are the equal of major fireworks displays across the street above Central Park.
Price Range
$3.5M - $19.5M
Avg. Price / Ft2
$4,405
Apts Available
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#9 - 740 Park Avenue
Co-op in Park/Fifth Ave. to 79th St.
Most visitors here wear black-tie rather than pin-striped, gray flannel suits that would better blend into the gray polished granite entrance columns just because proper parties here are more formal.
Price Range
$25M - $48M
Apts Available
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#10 - 720 Park Avenue
Co-op in Park/Fifth Ave. to 79th St.
If 740 Park Avenue grabs a lot of headlines, you can always cut in for "The Last Dance" at 720 Park Avenue....
Price Range
$18M
Apts Available
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