1020 Fifth Ave. #8

This rare and distinctive residence is unique to 1020 Fifth Avenue. There is virtually nothing else which compares to it – now or ever, on the market – all the way up and down Fifth Avenue. The buildings architects, Warren and Wetmore, designed 6 of its 13 apartments with rooms of noble proportions, as the 1925 sales brochure stated. These 6 have a 20 by 40 foot salon, with a ceiling height of 18 feet. The eighth floor apartment includes one such treasured salon, facing Fifth Avenue and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. There were 14 original rooms, the others with ceiling heights of 10 feet, including 4-5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, 5 staff rooms, formal dining room, kitchen, corner library with a magnificent southern and western outlook, and 4 fireplaces. While the eighth floor apartment has been updated, it has not traded for decades and maintains a vast array of prewar details. It was featured on the cover of Architectural Digest, following a renovation by the world renowned architect and designer Peter Marino, highlighting his dramatic Louis XV-style paneling in the salon. As currently configured, the apartment has 9 rooms, with 4 bathrooms and 2 powder rooms. One staff room remains, while 2 have been incorporated into the master suite and 2 others into a fourth bedroom now setup as a gym. The primary public rooms and bedrooms are true to the original floor plan. The apartment is in excellent condition and awaits its new 21st century owners.