This unit consists of 4 combined apartments, providing essentially a triplex that includes two floor-throughs starting at the very first floor, plus another 1/2 floor at an underground level that opens to a small private backyard/garden area. Absolutely quiet. The building itself is a shining aureate nugget in the middle of Manhattan's so-called "Gold Coast," consisting of small, pristine buildings on West 9th, 10th and 11th Streets. Even the "Doors of 9th Street" were featured in a cover story in New York magazine. This particular building's archived history began in 1855, when "...In 1855, publisher and philanthropist Henry Dexter (1812-1910) commissioned an outstanding mansion at 49 W. Ninth, an example of the Louis XIII French classic style. Concerned about the spiritual destitution of females living alone ["working girls" needing help] Mr. Dexter donated his mansion to the Ladies Christian Union (later the YWCA), its first headquarters in New York City, in 1897.....read more: http://daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-1898-young-womans-home-no-49-west.html
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