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Federal Style Mansion, Estate of the Day


When faced with a property with an impossibly hefty price tag we have to ask the question is it worth it? This one seems pretty promising. It's a 25-room red brick residence with 100ft of frontage along Park Avenue and situated between 64th and 65th Street in one of New York City's prime neighborhoods.The home was built in 1920 but has been renovated with new heating and air conditioning, a mechanical elevator, security and electrical systems. The home has southern and western exposures and views onto Park Avenue. There is a sunny yellow chef's kitchen and pantry, five large bedrooms, large formal rooms for entertaining, many staff rooms, a laundry, a wine room, a play room and space for a lavish home theater. Older touches of charm include the wood burning fireplaces, a marble staircase and hardwood plank floors. At $35 million, it's among the ranks of the most expensive pieces of real estate in the city.

Gallery: Federal Style Mansion

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Brooke Astor's Co-op, Estate of the Day

The listing for the much-talked-about Brooke Astor apartment has hit the market. Mrs. Astor, who died at the age of 105 last year was one of the grand dames of New York society. Her home at 778 Park Avenue is considered to be an exceedingly prime New York co-op. The five-bedroom apartment has high ceilings, six terraces and five wood-burning fireplaces. A reception gallery with a wet bar, leads to a living room with a wood-burning fireplace and views up and down Park Avenue. The famed corner library has gleaming red laquer walls (the Real Estalker Mama chillingly described them as looking as if they are "dripping the blood of the under-privileged"), a wood-burning fireplace and French doors opening onto two terraces. The formal dining room also has a wood-burning fireplace and French doors leading out to a terrace. The kitchen includes a pantry, service hall, and three maid's rooms, a set-up which worked well in Mrs. Astor's days but might now be reconfigured into a large eat-in kitchen and family room for today's owner. There is an additional bedroom that can be used as a maid's room or reconfigured to be a second bedroom with ensuite bath. The private quarters include a sitting room with terrace, a separate powder room, and guest bedroom. At the end of the hall is in a corner room with a lovely wood-burning fireplace, terrace, and views toward Central Park. There are 20 closets. This co-op is listed at $46 million.

Only the very, very wealthy can apply to get into the Rosario-Candela-designed 778 Park Avenue co-op. As Max Abelson of the NY Observer pointed out, any potential owner will have to put 100% down and show more than enough cash to pay the steep monthly maintenance of $17,251.

Gallery: The Brooke Astor Apartment

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640 Park Avenue, Estate of the Day

As we mentioned earlier, this stately co-op at 640 Park Avenue which was previously owned by the late Evelyn Annenberg Jaffe Hall has been reduced to $23.75 million. The apartment takes up the entire 11th floor with 6,200 square feet of space. It has four bedrooms, a library, dining room, family room and a marble gallery. The posh apartment has a classic feel with moldings, working fireplaces, parquet de Versailles wood floors and plenty of gorgeous views. After the jump, classic Park Avenue, a gilt drawing room in the sky.
 

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Naomi Campbell's Apartment, Estate of the Day

The other day I mentioned that Star Reynolds put her New York home on the market. Now Braden Keil over at the New York Post reports Naomi Campbell is selling her Park Avenue duplex. The  six-room condo is selling for $5.25 million and has  three bedrooms, a library, a large dressing room, and a "floating" master bedroom with a teak bathroom including the massive four-person sunken tub shown here. Ah, if bathtubs could talk. More pictures after the jump (check out the knife collection on the wall in the kitchen, scary!).

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Park Avenue, Estate of the Day


Another case of exquisite decoration and a good chance to do some artspotting, this New York apartment is located  in the East 70's on Park Avenue. The corner apartment has a large gallery area, library, dining room and living room and all sorts of elaborate details like the intricate wood floor shown above. There are five bedrooms with bathrooms and large closets. The master suite includes a fireplace. The co-op costs $21 million and there is no terrace. After the jump, is that a Basquiat I see on the wall?

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