32 E 74th Street

A pioneer of the International Style, the Swiss-born American architect William Edmond Lescaze is widely associated with household names Mies van De Rohe and Le Corbusier. A confirmed modernist, Lescaze set out to reinvent the townhouse with clean lines and sincerity in approach. Lescazes first townhouse, 211 East 48th, attracted the attention of Raymond C. Kramer (1901-1957), a textile entrepreneur and United States Colonel, who commissioned Lescaze to build 32 East 74th. Completed in 1935, according to The New Yorker, Lescaze, a fierce perfectionist had taken the lead in Modernist architecture in this country. This five-story, 20-foot wide townhouse resides in Manhattans Gold Coast. On a stunning tree-lined block, this mansion is beautifully suited as palatial single-family home. Approved plans provide for a structure of 6 levels of approximately 7500sqft, including an elevator, wood-burning fireplace, south-facing garden with oversized rear windows, a spectacular al fresco Winter Garden, solarium and undulating terrace overlooking a sun-drenched backyard garden. This modern masterpiece offers the rare opportunity to acquire a superb location just a stone's throw from Central Park.