Sometimes you just enter an apartment and no matter how diminutive or grand you can just get the sense that you've crossed the threshold into a happy home. This is certainly the feeling I had on a recent visit to this gracious and elegant full floor residence at 800 Park Avenue. The stately proportioned living room has a wood burning fireplace and the walls are embellished with an intricate boiserie that only adds to the charm of the convivial space. The adjoining dining room enables one to easily imagine generations of family celebrations full of laughter and cocktails!
The airy and light master bedroom has corner windows overlooking (as do all major rooms) "The Avenue." The en suite bath has a shower stall with a paned french door entrance - a fine example of the clever attention to detail that highlights the prewar charm of the residence.
I'd feel guilty perusing my beloved Jacqueline Suann in the handsome paneled library. I'd better stick to Proust!
The twelve room apartment gives the feeling of a private home on one of Manhattan's most revered boulevards. This extraordinary residence in a full service luxury prewar is being represented by the equally extraordinary Leila C. Stone of Sotheby's and Elizabeth Paul of Stribling. $14,000,000.
Laurence P. Mitchell
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