The Riviera at 790 Riverside Drive #12F

Welcome to 790 Riverside Drive, apartment 12F! This extra large one bedroom home has a gracious and inviting layout and is filled with pre-war charm including hardwood floors, 9.5-foot ceilings, crown moldings, archway and a beamed ceiling separating the foyer from the living room. The long entry foyer is perfect as a gallery space and the living room provides ample room for dining, entertaining and lounging. Situated at the top of the building, there is plenty of natural light and you can see the top of the George Washington Bridge.

The eat-in kitchen is in a category of its own – “a beyond chef’s kitchen” with endless storage, a five-burner stove, generous counter space, and area for a large pantry. The cozy breakfast nook by the window rounds out the charm and convenience of this one-of-a-kind kitchen. The king-sized bedroom has enough space for all your favorite dressers and furnishings. The spacious windowed bathroom has a beautifully restored original cast iron tub along with the original porcelain sink. For your storage needs there are four closets (including a walk-in) plus a wall of original built-ins.

The Riviera Cooperative has one of those jaw-dropping lobbies that makes you think you have traveled to some faraway place with its exquisite Botticino marble and elegantly coffered ceiling — and grand enough to offer three separate entryways. In fact, numerous films and television programs have been filmed here due to the distinctive interiors and picturesque location. This classic Renaissance Revival building with its stunning 5-wing facade was built in 1910 and designed by the firm of Rouse and Goldstone who designed many buildings on Manhattan’s East Side, Upper West Side, and the Lower East Side’s spectacular Jarmulowsky Bank Building (now a hotel).

Situated within the Audubon Park Historic District along a winding stretch of Riverside Drive, The Riviera is just one block from the #1 subway at 157th Street and Broadway and the M4 and M5 bus routes. This accessible building features a full-time doorman, live-in superintendent, lobby level laundry room, bike room, and additional storage space. Your pets – both dogs and cats are most welcome. Washer and dryers are permitted with board approval.

There’s ample food shopping including the well-regarded Super Foodtown on West 160th Street and a few blocks further north is Columbia University Irving Medical Center/New-York Presbyterian Hospital where you also find the A and C train at 168th Street.

Looking for open space and green space? There’s easy access to Riverside Park, Fort Washington Park and Riverbank State Park along with a community garden on the block. Local cultural institutions including the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Letters, Morris Jumel Mansion and the newly reopened Hispanic Society Museum and Library with its art galleries grand sculpture courtyard. History runs rampant here as the block was once the Grinnell family’s cow pasture, along with the home and estate of the artist John James Audubon, whose collection of original watercolor paintings of birds of America is housed in the New York Historical Society. The area also was the first cultural district in the United States back in the outset of the 20th century.

All showings are by appointment and neighborhood orientation and history tours are offered upon request.