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LEGENDARY PH W/ WRAP AROUND TERRACES This spectacular 10 room apartment represents the entire top floor of the legendary Marjorie Merriweather Post triplex designed by the architectural firm of Rouse and Goldstone in 1926 at the top of one of New York's most prestigious co-operatives. Located on Fifth Avenue and 92nd Street, the apartment has 360 degree panoramic views and one of the largest terraces in the city.One enters the apartment through a private landing leading to a large gallery with access to the library, living room, dining room and kitchen. The living room, fitted with exquisite French Regence Period (1715-1723) carved oak boiserie and a corner wood burning fireplace, faces south and west and has French doors leading to the wide South Terrace, ideal for outdoor dining, with amazing views of the Reservoir, the West Side and the southern skyline. Beside the living room, there is a library with wood burning fireplace and a full bath, and a corridor leading to the master bedroom, its boudoir (both rooms with wood burning fireplaces and fitted with 18th century French carved wood doors and trumeaux) and an en suite bathroom. All the major rooms face directly on to Central Park and overlook the West Terrace with its continuous open balustrade.The southern end of the apartment comprises the dining room with adjacent butler's pantry, a staff room and bath, and the kitchen with access to the enormous South East terrace. Also accessed from the central private landing is a guest suite comprising a living room, a bedroom, a bathroom, and a kitchen. It has a door to the large North East Terrace and the wide North Terrace, all with superb views of the upper East Side. The flexible floor plan, the breath-taking views, the astonishing terraces, the superb location, the period details, the historic provenance, all contribute to making this apartment one of the most exciting and important residences on the upper East Side.

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