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On the Upper West Side, a former artist’s loft is now a grand $4.8M duplex with library wall

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s Listing photos by Peter Aaaron for Sotheby’s International Realty The Atelier co-op at 33 West 67th Street was built in 1908 as artist’s lofts, and though the Upper West Side building no longer caters to creatives, it still retains its gorgeous pre-war details and oversized apartments. This duplex unit, for example, has a grand, 17-foot double-height living room that features wrap-around library walls (47 feet of them, to be exact), as well as a sweeping staircase and mezzanine balcony. It’s on the market for $4,795,000. The home is located on the ninth and tenth floors and has three bedrooms and two-and-a-half bathrooms. It...

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For under $1M, this Greenwich Village co-op is 19th-century charm meets modern living

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Photo credit: Evan Joseph Studio This Greenwich Village co-op at 111 West 11th Street was built in 1873, and though the building’s 20 units have been beautifully modernized, some still retain their historic details. This one-bedroom unit, for example, is anchored by the original wood-burning fireplace. Asking $995,000, the apartment has an open and sunny layout, complete with a contemporary kitchen and an office alcove. The entrance is off the kitchen, which boasts walnut cabinetry and open shelving, quartzite countertops, and a glass tile backsplash. The high-end appliances include a Bertazzoni gas range and microwave, Liebherr refrigerator, and Bosch dishwasher. The living room is super...

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Ralph Lauren exec lists Upper West Side co-op full of industrial-chic style for $3.5M

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Photo credit: Evan Joseph For the past 30 years, John Wrazej has been an executive at Ralph Lauren, and for just as long, he’s lived at this four-bedroom co-op on the Upper West Side. The home at 107 West 82nd Street has all the fashionable flair you’d expect, with tons of industrial details, lots of plaid fabric, and an overall masculine-yet-comfortable vibe. John said he and his wife, Patti Trainor-Wrazej, approached their home with the same sensibility as the Ralph Lauren brand–“like wearing a tuxedo jacket with jeans and a pair of cowboy boots.” The couple has now decided to sell, listing the apartment for $3,495,000....

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This gorgeous $1.1M Upper East Side co-op was once the office of Marilyn Monroe’s psychiatrist

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Photos courtesy of Compass Marilyn Monroe may not have been very open at the time about her mental health struggles, but they’ve since been documented through diary entries and letters she’d written. As Vanity Fair noted, in the mid-1950s, Monroe saw a psychiatrist, Dr. Margaret Hohenberg, on the recommendation of her acting coach Lee Strasburg. Dr. Hohenberg, whom she visited up to five times a week, operated out of a first-floor office at 155 East 93rd Street. This exact Carnegie Hill apartment, now a residential co-op unit, has just hit the market for $1,125,000. It has lovely pre-war details, lots of closet space, and a nicely modernized...

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Upper East Side apartment has a funky Murphy bed and a futuristic white-box design for just $350K

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Photo credit: Rise Media, courtesy The Corcoran Group Perhaps the pandemic lifestyle has inspired you to go more minimalist. If so, this alcove studio on the Upper East Side may be pretty appealing. Located at 205 East 63rd Street, just east of Third Avenue, the legal one-bedroom has a futuristic vibe with stark white walls, porcelain floors, and furniture, save for the strategically placed pops of lime green. For just $350,000, there’s a foyer, full kitchen, large living room (currently outfitted with a modern Murphy bed to free up even more space), and a whopping six closets. The storage is really unbelievable; even...

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