5 Riverside Drive #14F

Rarely available gorgeous gut-renovated one bedroom with balcony and office in the heart of the Upper West Side on Riverside Drive. Right off Riverside park, apt. 14F at 5 Riverside Drive is a true oasis, the one you will long to come home to. This is that rare apartment where no expense has been spared to maximize the brilliant light and luxurious comfort. This corner apartment gives you Southern and Eastern views, with all new everything from top to bottom including the European oak herringbone floors (with two layers of soundproofing), custom millwork, a beautiful decorative fireplace, marble mosaic bathroom with Lefroy Brooks fixtures and heated marble tile floor, washer/dryer, Subzero refrigerator, Viking Stove, and Bosch dishwasher.
Enter through the elegantly redesigned marble foyer to enjoy the beautiful oversized living room with decorative fireplace, new herringbone floors, new enormous insulated double pane steel casement windows (so quiet, UV blocking, and custom-made), high ceilings, and multiple mirrors and sconces, all maximizing the brilliant light streaming in from the balcony and the Southern and Eastern windows. Through-the-wall concealed air conditioners preserve the wide open views. By the windows, the expansive dining area seats twelve easily and the bespoke kitchen includes Subzero refrigerator, Viking stove, built-in pantry, Villeroy and Boch fixtures, and lovely custom cabinets of lacquered walnut.
New custom doors lead you to the bedroom with its custom mill-worked closets, bubble pendant light, concealed through-the wall AC by Hamilton (top of the line and extra quiet), and the new washer/dryer.
The stunning bathroom is fully renovated with heated mosaic marble tile, new chrome, and porcelain fixtures from Lefroy Brooks and gorgeous dandelion chandelier.
Off the living room is a separate office that opens onto the sunny balcony, with built in cabinetry and lots of light it is a delightful place to work. The Sputnik chandelier adds a wonderful finishing touch.
Crown moldings, and all new electrical panels with added amperage complete the apartment. This kind of renovation is so unusual, it has to be seen to be believed, it is so gorgeous, bright and light (as well as extra-tidy with all the concealed storage).
5 Riverside Drive is a gorgeous full-service co-operative which includes 24-hour doorman, live-in resident manager, additional laundry, and the best location, just off the park, between 72nd and 73rd Street. Express trains nearby, brilliant restaurants, and fine shopping including Citarella, Fairway, Trader Joe’s, and Bloomingdales are just minutes away. Please note: 66% financing allowed. Flip tax paid by buyer. Pets are very welcome. Sadly, no pied-a-terres allowed.
5 Riverside Drive has a historic background, as it is one of the few prestigious classic Art Deco designs by the famous Boak and Paris architectural team, both of whom worked for Emory Roth before forming their own firm. According to the New York Times, they were “designers of some of the most inventive and distinctive Manhattan apartment buildings of the 1930’s”, known for “window grilles of iron with brass trim; multicolored terrazzo floors of geometric style; varicolored marble lobby fireplaces; dropped living rooms; neo-Classical details reworked in modern style; sophisticated molded plaster ceiling decoration; and elaborate iron and brass entry doors, also in modern style.”
Worth repeating: this apartment is a true oasis, the one you long to come home to. It is just so beautiful and pleasureable inside.