Rarely does a live/work one bedroom, one and a half bath pre-war duplex apartment come on the market offering this much history, style and character, with three levels including a third level sleeping loft, and a private 5th Avenue courtyard in the building's dry moat. This unique apartment lends itself to many uses and configurations. This delightful apartment was featured in a 1990 edition of House and Garden, and twenty years later in the New York Times when it was refurbished by the same designer for its current owner. This is the first time the apartment has been offered on the open market in forty years. This storied apartment offers two entrances, one through the stunning doorman-attended lobby with access to the upper floor of the apartment, and a private entrance down a few steps from 5th Avenue to a courtyard and through a pair of iron gates and French doors into the lower level. The main two levels of this spacious duplex are connected by a winding stair. The main level has 12-foot silver leafed ceilings in the grand living room with a stately west-facing window framing views of the landmarked Presbyterian Church and the historic downtown 5th Avenue streetscape. There is a eat-in kitchen with banquette under a large window overlooking the building's inner courtyard, a walk-in dressing room and closet, and a full bath with a large window opening to the inner courtyard. Up a flight of stairs is a sleeping loft that floats above the main level with built-in cabinetry, including dresser drawers, nightstands and bookcases, with views through the stately living room window. A winding stairway leads from the living room down to the lower a stair landing/foyer with French doors leading to a courtyard in the buildings dry moat and to the lower great room, lined with bird's eye Maple walls and bookcases, and fine Mahogany doors and woodwork, (that can be a dining room/studio/gallery/office/master suite), a second full kitchen, a laundry room, a mahogany-lined and mirrored half bath, a walk-in closet, and a coat closet. Maple floors in herringbone pattern, mahogany and maple lined stair landing and marble floors in both kitchens and bathrooms. The lower level has just undergone a $200,000 refurbishment of the exotic woods used throughout. 43 Fifth is a landmark 1905 Beaux-Arts building in a stellar location on one of the most beautiful blocks in Greenwich Village, between Union Square and Washington Square parks. It was once home to Marlon Brando, Julia Roberts, novelist Dawn Powel, and other celebrities. Considered the most stylish Beaux-Arts building along the Gold Coast, this grand turn-of-the century landmark is beautifully designed with a magnificent mansard two-story copper roof and ornate window bays, and is surrounded by a deep dry moat with wide dramatic steps from the street to the grand entrance flanked by stone Ionic columns and lampposts leading to the recently restored marble-floored lobby with Beaux-Arts style bas reliefs lining its walls. Located in the middle of one of the most historic and vibrant neighborhoods New York City has to offer, and close to shopping, restaurants, and transportation within easy reach, this is a rare opportunity.
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