440 RIVERSIDE Drive #DUPLEX1

To experience the movie tour of this home, please paste this url into your browser, or click 'video tour' button: http://ow.ly/PWHaT (NO BOARD APPROVAL WHATSOEVER; FRESHLY GUT RENOVATED; CENTRAL AC; VENTED W/D & VENTED RANGE) In 1909, the renowned architectural duo of Schwartz & Gross envisioned, with the Paterno Brothers, what is now one of Riverside Drive's most treasured buildings: The Paterno - a formidable, handsome beauty with an elegant porte-cochere entry and its signature facade that curves gracefully towards Claremont Avenue and Barnard College of Columbia University. Just up from the sumptuous marble lobby with its gorgeous stained glass ceiling, this supremely scaled, stupendously renovated, sponsor unit (NO BOARD APPROVAL) masionette home is testament to that grand vision. Offering bright, open Riverside Park views from every single window of its bright southerly and westerly exposures, this utterly rare, smartly designed, well crafted, sprawling, duplexed corner residence has an appealing flow, a flexible floor plan, and comes with plenty of bragging rights: A unique stairway entry gallery that brings you to your high-first-floor enveloped by sunshine and treetops; an over-scaled, lofty living room boasting two sunny park-view exposures, a media den, and an open dining area; a stupendous, open-plan, windowed chef's kitchen with dining/prep island, vented Wolf range with grill-top, Subzero, and other premium appliances - all with ample stone counters, custom cabinetry, and lovely, bright park views; a downstairs live-in- suite with custom, windowed, marble guest bath, washer and vented dryer, and its own separate entrance; a mud room/hall for bikes and sleds, etc; a beautiful stairway that brings you graciously to the upstairs' park-view bedrooms - three of which are served by their own custom, marble windowed bath, and a primary suite with boasting its own designer, windowed bath with dual sinks, separate soaking tub, and step-in shower - not to mention a walk-in closet. With remarkably generous, custom closet space, dual-zoned central ac, wide-plank rift and quarter-sawn oak floors, custom mouldings and high ceilings throughout, this move-in masterpiece - with its postcard-perfect, tree-line views of Riverside Park, and a full-service address offering easy access to playgrounds, transportation, shopping, dining, and more - is the renovated rarity for which you have been yearning. In 1930, Schwartz & Gross envisioned grand beauty and grace perched dramatically by Riverside Park. Today, that beauty and grace can be yours. Sponsor-licious awaits.