1 W 67TH Street #716

This dramatic Hotel des Artistes duplex features a soaring 19 foot ceiling and 17 foot windows, framing dazzling sunlight and views to the North, South and East, including side views of Central Park. (Apartment 716 is a duplex located on the 11th and 12th floors.) The stunning original oak paneled living room with wood burning fireplace flows graciously from the sunny dining room and newly renovated open kitchen. Upstairs, a mezzanine level offers a spacious bedroom with build-in cabinetry, two closets and a marble bath with water purification system. This magnificent home is photographed in Andrew Alpern's Luxury Apartment Houses of Manhattan: An Illustrated History, and provides a discerning buyer with not only a stunning home but your own piece of history. The Hotel des Artistes is a full service luxury cooperative steps from Central Park and Lincoln Center. The building offers a 24-hour concierge and elevator operator as well as amenities seldom available in pre-war cooperatives -- a swimming pool, two workout rooms, a squash court, roof garden and discount dining as well as room service and a private dining room at The Leopard at the des Artistes. It has been home to many celebrities including Noel Coward, Isadora Duncan, Norman Rockwell, NYC Mayor John Lindsay and Joel Grey. The Hotel des Artistes is the most prominent of a collection of double height artist studios in what is listed as the West 67th Street Artists' Colony Historic District in the National Register of Historic Places.