Laissez les bons temps rouler! French for "Let the good times roll." 885 St. Nicholas was built in the beginning of the last fin de sicle for former City Comptroller, "Honest" John Kelly. It's a 22 footer, two family townhouse situated in the Sugar Hill Northeast Historic District, one of the affluent sections in Manhattan's Harlem in the twenties during the Harlem Renaissance, and now underway to be experienced it again although it's more of an economical one. It dubbed the name during the renaissance, which conjured the "sweet life" of that era because "life was as sweet as Sugar". Some of the past prominent luminaries in this one of Harlem's Gold Coasts included: W.E.B. Du Bois, Cab Calloway, Thurgood Marshall, Adam Clayton Powell Jr; Duke Ellington, Roy Wilkins and many, many more. Situated by the new Sugar Hill's chic building complex designed by David Adjaye, the talented African-British architect who recently commissioned to designed the new Harlem's Studio Museum. The property is positioned in the center of two other Queen Anne townhouses designed by John Stroud, and featured similar design elements. With it's sheer size and grandeur, this townhouse is an ideal opportunity to own approximately 4400 Sq.ft of living space. The property is beautifully maintained with both eastern & western exposures. It contains all originals decor and fireplaces from the early part of the 20th Century. In addition, the property has high ceilings, powder room, multiple bathrooms. Can show Monday-Saturday by appointment only.
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