311 West 97 Street   Unit 5W

311 West 97th Street, Residence 5W

This is the ONE youve been waiting for...a classic city dwelling reinvented for the way we live now.....Welcome to 5W!
Totally renovated, EVERYTHING is new in this light-filled home with oversized windows and nine foot ceilings that has been redesigned with an open floor plan, crown moldings, 5" wide plank white oak floors, custom kitchen cabinets and high end appliances. The living room and all three bedrooms are pre-wired for wall-mounted cable TVs connected to a central media and internet hub inside a closet.
The Carrera counter-topped chef's kitchen is a warm gathering place with new, 36 built-in Bertazzoni refrigerator, 40-bottle Marvel wine refrigerator, five-burner 36" Bertazzoni range, dishwasher and Sharp drawer microwave.
The master bedroom connects to a sparkling Carrera marble en suite bath and dressing room with heated floor, Kohler Pinstripe fixtures and two large closets.
Along the wide gallery there are two large guest bedrooms, one of which can also serve as an elegant, quiet home office. A brand new, full-size LG washing machine and a vented LG dryer are discretely stacked behind two 9 doors.
The seven story Von Colon, with only three apartments of similar size per floor, has amenities that include a basement personal storage unit, bicycle storage and newly installed ButterflyMX wireless entry system. Financing of up to 80% is permitted. Current monthly maintenance for 5W is $1,897.25, which is 56% tax deductible. The Von Colon is pet friendly to most dog breeds.
The Von Colon is at a crossroads of public transport, convenient to the 96th Street express subway stop and all the 96th Street and Broadway crosstown, up and downtown buses. Have a car in the city? Access to the West Side Highway and Riverside Drive is a huge convenience for getting out of town! The Von Colon is also located a half block from the Dinosaur Playground entrance to Riverside Park and convenient to popular municipal clay tennis courts, sports fields and an attractive doggie run for your pooch. The Hudson River extends along the entire length of the Parks promenade and provides an incomparable backdrop for your outdoor activities throughout the seasons.
About the building: The Von Colon was designed by noted architect Hugh Lamb (c. 1850-1903) in the Renaissance Revival style and was built in 1900-1901. The year 1900 was a key dividing line between the end of the Gilded Age and the birth of the Progressive Era in American history. Until 1899, Lamb partnered with architect Charles Alonzo Rich (1850-1943) in the firm of Lamb and Rich. Their firm designed mansions and "modern" residential apartment buildings and other facilities for wealthy families and famous institutions such as Sagamore Hill, Theodore Rooselvelt's country house in Oyster Bay, NY (1887), Milbank Hall at Barnard College (1896-98), the main building of Pratt Institute in Brooklyn (1887) among many others.
Welcome home!