$17,000,000
DELISTED

AS OF ABOUT 13 MONTHS AGO

40 Riverside Drive in Upper West Side

The Clarence True Residence
ARCHITECT
Clarence F. True moved to Manhattan in 1890 and took an office in the same building as noted developer Charles G. Judson, who promptly hired True and kept him very busy for several decades. True's style of architecture was described at the time as "Elizabethan Renaissance." William Van Alen, architect of The Chrysler Building, trained in True's office.

In 1899, Clarence bought up all Riverside Drive lots then available below West 84th Street with a plan to cover them "with beautiful dwellings" of his own creation.

True took the best for himself and designed 40 Riverside as his personal residence. Requiring two years to build, True maximized the benefits of the exquisite corner space. The light was so appealing that the artist Marc Chagall acquired the house in the 1940s and lived there for approximately ten years.

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The Clarence True Residence
ARCHITECT
Clarence F. True moved to Manhattan in 1890 and took an office in the same building as noted developer Charles G. Judson, who promptly hired True and kept him very busy for several decades. True's style of architecture was described at the time as "Elizabethan Renaissance." William Van Alen, architect of The Chrysler Building, trained in True's office.

In 1899, Clarence bought up all Riverside Drive lots then available below West 84th Street with a plan to cover them "with beautiful dwellings" of his own creation.

True took the best for himself and designed 40 Riverside as his personal residence. Requiring two years to build, True maximized the benefits of the exquisite corner space. The light was so appealing that the artist Marc Chagall acquired the house in the 1940s and lived there for approximately ten years.

A most remarkable fact is that the entire Riverside Drive block, Numbers 40 through 46, between West 76th and West 77th Streets, were all designed by Clarence True and still remain today.

RESIDENCE
With 32 feet along Riverside Drive and 53 feet running down the north side of West 76th Street, on a lot of equal size, this extraordinary mansion sits at a grand high point along Riverside Drive affording superb Hudson River and Riverside Park views. With a round corner turret bay of windows and a two-story row of oriel windows on the West 76th Street faade, both the entertaining rooms and the bedrooms enjoy sweeping river panoramas and in turn allow the townhouse to be bathed in light all day from morning sun to glowing sunsets.

Arched double doors on Riverside Drive serve as the entry for this townhouse which is presently divided into two cooperative units. Comprised of approximately 9400 interior square feet, there is an elevator to all five levels and a spectacular roof garden with unparalleled Hudson River and Riverside Park views.

Presently configured as a