447 E 57th Street 14 New York City, NY 10022

JUST LISTED! A majestic full-floor residence in a coveted Rosario Candela full-service luxury pre-war cooperative in prime Sutton Place. The 14th Floor at 447 East 57th Street offers a grand South-facing living room, handsome wood-paneled library, massive windowed formal dining room and sprawling windowed chef's eat-in-kitchen with adjacent great room and home office as well as five bedrooms, five bathrooms and dedicated laundry room. Located off a private elevator landing, this home exquisitely blends the grace and charm of perfectly preserved pre-war embellishments with sophisticated modern upgrades and conveniences.<br><br>Designed for expansive living and entertaining at scale, a grand central gallery welcomes you through a preserved original solid-core wooden door with elegant crown molding overhead and herringbone wood floors at your feet, all of which are throughout the principle entertaining rooms of this home. A baronial South-facing living room is adorned with the first of two functioning wood-burning fireplaces as well as intricate wainscoting, all drenched in sunlight pouring through two pairs of floor-to-ceiling glass doors with planting balconies beyond. Immediately adjacent, the library is outfitted with handsome millwork and dressed in Venetian plaster, finished off by a wet bar with ice machine for hosting guests or enjoying relaxing evenings at home. Across the gallery, a massive windowed dining room accommodates even the most extravagant dinner parties, surrounded by resplendently preserved hand-painted silver leaf original Gracie wallpaper.<br><br>The kitchen is a chef's paradise, flanked by a row of windows along its eastern wall and renovated with coffered ceilings, large center island and Downsview imported custom cabinetry with meticulously tailored storage throughout. The countertops are all granite, and there are two sinks as well as a garbage disposal. The appliance suite is top-of-the-line with a vented 6-burner Wolf range with grill, two full-sized Wolf ovens with every imaginable accessory including pizza and bread makers, French-door Subzero refrigerator/freezer with ice maker, dishwasher by Miele, an integrated microwave with warming drawer as well as a 48-bottle Subzero wine refrigerator. Ideally located immediately adjacent is a great room with a built-in sound system for casual entertaining or lounging as well as an open plan windowed home office. <br><br>All five bedrooms line the western half of this residence, anchored by a glorious southwest-corner primary suite with a second functioning wood-burning fireplace, two additional pairs of floor-to-ceiling glass doors and planting balconies, two closets including a walk-in and an en-suite windowed marble bathroom with deep soaking tub behind a glass enclosure. Of the additional four bedrooms, one has its own en-suite windowed marble bathroom, two share a windowed Jack-and-Jill tiled bathroom with soaking tub, and one serves as both a sitting room/guest bedroom and shares a full and recently renovated windowed bathroom with a glass-enclosed rain shower with the adjacent great room/home office.<br><br>Additional features of this spectacular home include a proper laundry room with full-sized washing machine and vented dryer as well as a fifth full bathroom with stall shower, central and throughwall air conditioning and home alarm system. There is private storage in the building which conveys with the apartment. <br><br>Envisioned by renowned architect Rosario Candela, 447 East 57th Street is a full-service cooperative blending luxury, tranquility and convenience in the heart of coveted Sutton Place. Residents enjoy a full-time doorman, live-in resident manager as well as close proximity to Whole Foods, Morton Williams and the new Trader Joe's at 59th Street, an array of fabulous restaurants, multiple parks along the East River including the newly completed East River Greenway spanning all the way from 34th to 120th Street, immediate proximity to Midtown and both the 59th Street Bridge and the FDR Drive. Pets and pieds-a-terre are welcome. Financing is permitted up to 50%.