Brick Wall....

I'd have to agree. Why in the world would anyone buy in Manhattan and look at a brick wall or right up against another building? The thing that makes Manhattan special versus anywhere else are the views. Claustrophobic garbage.

A shame, as it's a good floor plan (though I'd turn the 'butler's pantry' into a laundry room), and looks to be in good condition.

I think the real issue here is that most people purchasing in a good RSD building, as 315 is, would want an apartment with a park or river view. The back units in these buildings are simply never as desirable and generally trade lower than similar units on the front.

1) this can be typical of what happens when you combine smaller Apartments in buildings like this: all along Central Park West, West End Avenue and Riverside Drive, the "good" Apartments (i.e. the large Apartments) face the front of the building and the small apartments face the back. So when you come by and small apartments, you may get a bigger apartment, but the views don't change.
2) come on guys, the entire apartment certainly does not face brick walls. Most of the apartment faces a hundred and 4th Street. I'm sure at least one third of the apartments in Manhattan have views similar to this. Yet somehow they are still owned / occupied. How is that if they are so unsellable? It's just a matter of pricing.

30, I am glad you are pointing out #2. Back exposure in Manhattan is typically very close to another building.

I don't think the view is the problem with this apartment; I don't understand how one is supposed to transition from the Butler's Pantry to the kitchen -- especially given that you've got a step -down into the dining room to negotiate. I am tripping on my hem just thinking about it. Presumably it means that dinner parties need two staff -- a cook in the kitchen and a butler/bartender to pass wine -- but neither of them can live in because presumably you'd need that third bedroom as an office. So it's a great apartment for somebody, but it's a very specific fit.

Ali, I fully agree. In addition the brick wall is appx only till the ceiling of the apartment as the wall belongs to the townhouse next door. There will be plenty of eastern light from there. While price is anyone's opinion, too bad that many streeteasy posters do not stick to facts.