55 LIBERTY Street #8B

Discover luxurious FiDi living at its finest in this stunning convertible three-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bathroom contemporary home featuring designer finishes and outstanding storage at Liberty Tower, an iconic New York City landmark. Inside this pristine residence, 9-foot-tall ceilings are dotted with 53 European recessed light fixtures, while fourteen oversized windows facing east, south and west capture glorious sunlight all day long. Expansive art walls provide a museum-quality backdrop for your prized collection: All A/V wiring is neatly concealed, while crisp white paint and modern shadow reveal details add a truly modern ambiance. Custom radiator covers and large-format natural limestone flooring create a consistent design statement throughout. A long gallery entry lined with floor-to-ceiling closets and plenty of room for a home office area invites you inside the home's T-shaped layout, providing two wings and infinite layout possibilities.Stretching over 51 feet long, the great room offers a generous footprint for living and dining areas alongside stunning views of the surrounding architecture and Zuccotti Park. Awaken your inner chef in the open gourmet kitchen, where custom glass and cherry wood cabinetry provides excellent storage space, and black galaxy granite coordinates beautifully with upscale appliances. Head to the owner's suite to discover sunset outlooks, an oversized closet, and an en suite spa bathroom with a soaking tub/shower, Duravit commode, bidet and Hansgrohe fixtures. Off the living room, a Murphy bed/home office area boasts more closet space and direct access to another well-appointed bathroom. A powder room and in-unit washer-dryer complete the exceptional floor plan. Currently configured as a lavish one-bedroom, this spacious layout can easily accommodate the addition of two more bedrooms (see alternate floor plan). With only two other apartments on the entire 8th floor, you'll enjoy remarkable peace and privacy in this one-of-a-kind downtown sanctuary. Designed by Henry Ives Cobb and built in 1910, Liberty Tower rose above Lower Manhattan alongside the city's first crop of legendary romantic skyscrapers, including the Beaux-Arts-style Singer Building, Campanile-inspired Metropolitan Life Tower and the Gothic Woolworth Tower. A master of Gothic architecture himself, Cobb's distinctive design for Liberty Tower includes an elaborate terra cotta fa ade rising toward a copper roof encircled by opulent finials and figurines of gargoyles, eagles, lions and more. Built initially as a speculative office building, 55 Liberty was first called the Bryant Building in recognition of editor William Cullen Bryant, who ran the New York Evening Post at this location for 20 years. By 1919 it had passed to the Sinclair Oil Company, which held the building until 1945. In 1979, Liberty Tower was converted to cooperative use by the architectural firm of Joseph Pell Lombardi & Associates.The building was designated a city landmark in 1982, added to the National Register of Historic Places the following year, and recognized with the Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award from the New York Landmarks Conservancy in 2010. Residents enjoy 24-hour doorman and porter service, a live-in superintendent, a package room and an additional entrance on Liberty Place. Maintenance is 60% tax deductible and includes gas, water and radiator heat. Pieds-?-terre and subletting are permitted with board approval. From this exceptional Financial District location, you're surrounded by some of the city's best shopping, dining, nightlife and entertainment, including the world-class offerings of Westfield World Trade Center, Brookfield Place and The Seaport, plus Whole Foods, TJMaxx and Alamo Drafthouse on the nearby blocks. The Battery provides wonderful waterfront outdoor space, and transportation is unbeatable with A/C/E, J/Z, 2/3, 4/5/6, R/W and PATH trains, excellent bus service, CitiBikes and the Wall Street Ferry Terminal all nearby.