Another Historic Apartment Up For Sale At The Osborne

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
May 16th 2009 at 9:01AM

A couple of weeks ago we looked at Charles Osgood's apartment at the historic Osborne building in New York City, now there is another beautiful apartment up for sale in the same building. The Real Deal reports that composer Leonard Bernstein and singer Bobby Short were both once residents in Apartment 4B at the Osborne. The eight-room apartment is up for sale for the first time in two decades. The four-bedroom apartment has Victorian touches including call buttons to summon servants and a secret passageway that leads from the front hall to the kitchen. The tiger oak floors and the stained glass in the parlor windows shown above are also original. This apartment has 14-foot ceilings and five fireplaces with magnificent mantles. It is listed at $3.495 million.

Gallery: Another Historic Osborne Apartment

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Paul May 16th 2009 11:12AM

Looks like the current owners didn't know whether they wanted modern or Victorian. It's a shame because the place looks like it will need work to restore the grandeur that it almost certainly once had. I think the Osgoods did an excellent job with their home, this one looks too incongruous for me.