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West End Avenue, Upper West Side, Manhattan

The West End neighborhood is one of Manhattan's most beautiful and quiet residential neighborhoods.
The majority of buildings along West End Avenue are architecturally distinctive pre-war coops. 
West End Avenue has the longest stretch of pre-war architecture and ambience in Manhattan.

From neo Renaissance to Art Deco, West End Avenue has stretches of late nineteenth century town houses
and several churches and synagogues, but it is almost entirely made up of handsome residential buildings
built in the first decades of the twentieth century.

The near total absence of retail on the street marks its quiet, residential character just one block
from the hustle and buzz of Broadway.

530
 West End Avenue; Pre-war Condo

The West End Preservation Society, is actively seeking to designate the legnth of West End Avenue
from 70th Street to 107th Street a historic district.Both sides of the avenue from West 87th to West 94th
Streets are  already designated in the Riverside-West End Historic Distric.

There have only been a couple of new buildings constructed on West End Avenue in the past 50 years. 
535
 West End Avenue






New condos at 200 West End Avenue a glass building located in the Lincoln Square neighborhood at 70th street was completed a couple of years ago. 

535 West End Avenue a new condo at 86th Street, a brick building marketed as 21st century pre-war, currently has some residences available for immediate occupancy.


Architecturally 535 WEA compliments the distinguished pre-war luxury buildings along West End Avenue. 
The grand size apartments are either half or full floors. Prices range from $8.5 million to $25 million.
535 West End Avenue  apartments feature luxurious pre-war details: rosewood or oak flooring, traditional
moldings, well-proportioned rooms with formal library, dining rooms, high cielings and wood burning fire places.

All homes feature custom Smallbone of Devizes kitchens with attached breakfast/tv room. The kitchens offer La Cornue, Miele and Subzero appliances. Bathrooms are available in 2 different color palettes, and outfitted with Waterworks fixtures, double sink, mahogany or white cabinetry and a selection of mosaic tiled floors and polished stone walls. Homes are fully equipped with Miele side by side Washer & Dryer and AMX technology.

Long time residents of West End Avenue remember the beautiful spring day about 10 years
ago when the quiet residential West End neighborhood, was awakened early in the morning by
Barbara Streisand when she began filming her movie,
''The Mirror Has Two Faces,'' at an apartment building at 505 West End Avenue.

The attractive 14-story building was erected in 1920 and converted to a cooperative in 1988.
The building has 65 apartments.
505
 West End Avenue  betweenWest 83rd & West 84th Streets

The nicely detailed, red-brick building has a two-story, rusticated limestone base and a step-up entrance with
a canopy flanked by lanterns.

It has an Italian Renaissance palazzo-style facade with quoins at the comers and limestone reveals around the third-story windows.

The movie shoot stretched from its expected 3 days to 12 days.
(By coincidence, Barbara Streisand, in her youth, took singing lessons in that very building 505 West End Avenue)

Apthorp Apartments



Apthorp Apartments, the elegant full-block apartment complex built by the Astor family for the New York elite
has converting its 163 apartments to condominiums. The landmark 1908 building has two addresses
390 West End Avenue and 2201-2219 Broadway between west 79th and west 78th streets.

Many of the sought after pre-war apartments on West End Avenue are classic six and classic Seven apartments.

Prices on West End Avenue range from $375,000 for a 550 square foot 1 bedroom to 
$25 million for a full floor residence in the new 535 West End Avenue.


West End Avenue

1 comment:

  1. Not crazy about looking out across the street and the view, but other than that it is glorgeous. I love the place.

    Paula M
    Philippines properties

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