West 86th Street Gilbert Townhouses Just A Facade

272-276 West 86th Street

These three West 86th Street Gilbert townhouses are built in the French Neo-Renaissance style with delightful details worked into their stone facades. These buildings exhibit rounded bays running up three stories of the buildings, petite balconies, intricate floral swags atop the tall windows and mirror-image placement with respect to one another. West 86th Street was once all townhouses from Central Park West

  
     Construction at 272-276 West 86th Street 
    (gutted and being converted to luxury condos)



Neighborhood preservation groups such as Landmarks West, West End Preservation Society and Coalition for a Livable West Side helped save the buildings from potential demolition by testifying at Community Board 7 and Landmark Preservation Commission (LPC) for historically appropriate renovations. Only the facade remains the rest of the buildings are totally gutted.

East River Partners (ERP) is renovating 272-276 West 86th Street – three adjacent landmarked grand mansions designed originally by the renowned architect C.P.H. Gilbert – into completely modernized apartment homes. 

"All of the apartments will feature more than three bedrooms, a rarity in today’s market. Positioned on a wide street with significant setbacks in both the front and rear, the apartments will experience some of the best light of any boutique building in the neighborhood". ERP

photos courtesy ©Mitchell Hall