7 W 81st St 5A

Outstanding and Grand Scale Classic 7.5 Room Home in The Beresford, one of the Upper West Side's finest Emory Roth landmark cooperative buildings. The Beresford, with its vast size and dramatic profile is one of the most significant buildings that comprise the CPW Skyline. West 81st Street, between CPW and Columbus Avenue is a beautiful streetscape; with each of the co-ops along the way taking pride in their architectural landscaping, and in addition, directly across the street from the wonderful Museum Park. The apartment is truly magnificent with a perfect layout, rooms with grand proportions, incredible original moldings intact throughout, and magical views of the Rose Planetarium, Museum of Natural History, dramatic skyline views of CPS and Midtown Manhattan, and side views of Central Park.One enters the apt. from a semi-private elevator landing into an oversized and gracious gallery with original period moldings lining the walls and high ceiling, setting the stage for this grand residence. The gallery serves as both a formal reception room and an entertaining space bridging the living and dining rooms. One of the closets in the gallery was converted into a vintage bar with custom cabinetry, open shelves, mirrored walls, and even a brass bar foot rail. To the left, off of the gallery, is the perfectly sized living room with 3 south facing windows affording great light and wonderful views. The LR has a WBFP with original mantel, extraordinary moldings on the ceiling and two architectural built-in mirror backed alcoves flanking the FP. To the right, off of the gallery, is an elegant and grand formal dining room which also has original period moldings. The adjacent windowed kitchen with separate windowed pantry, has a full complement of St. Charles steel cabinets which were imported from England in 1929 and can be restored to their original grandeur, if one chooses to do so. There is also a maid's room with bath off of the kitchen. The separate bedroom wing has 3 spacious bedrooms and 2 windowed bathrooms. The south facing master bedroom has an en-suite bathroom. The Beresford offers exceptional amenities including a state-of-the-art fitness center, full time lobby attendants, elevator operators, on-site management office, resident manager, private storage (waiting list), and bike storage.THIS IS AN EXCEPTIONAL RESIDENCE IN THE BERESFORD.