770 Park Ave. #1213C

From the moment you step onto the gleaming floor of the semi-private elevator landing you know you’ve arrived somewhere special. This charming duplex apartment on a high floor is located in one of Rosario Candela’s finest Park Avenue buildings and was completed in 1930. The home is chock full of original details from the herringbone, hardwood floors, the spiral staircase banister, exquisite crown and baseboard moldings, brass bullet hinges, knobs and keyholes.

A tall, arched entryway leads from the foyer to the gallery. The gallery is generous in size and utterly charming with the spiral staircase leading to the bedrooms on the upper floor. The living room has three tremendous windows facing south and a soaring 10’ 8’ ceiling with the original plaster cove and dental molding. The wood burning fireplace is also graced with a plaster relief and a marble surround. The herringbone floors and dental molding continue into the large formal dining room with its open exposure north through a tall double window. The public rooms are complete with a windowed powder room.

The kitchen and pantry contain the cupboards and subway tile original to the building. An antique Wolf range with six burners, griddle, double oven and commercial quality hood graces the sunny windowed kitchen. The washer/dryer is located in the pantry. Additionally there are two staff rooms with a full staff bath.

The graceful, curved staircase leads to a spacious second floor foyer from which the three bedrooms branch. The master bedroom suite is bright and sunny with a south exposure. There is a great deal of closet space as well as a windowed dressing room and windowed bath en suite. The second and third bedrooms share a large bathroom with an original pedestal sink. Closet space is abundant throughout. The apartment has both through the wall and seasonal window air conditioning units.

This special apartment located in this unique, Georgian-style, 19-story bui