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The zIGGURAT


PROPERTY DETAILS

Beds

1-2

baths

1-2

Rent/Month

$3,150-$12,995


50 East 78th Street, Lenox Hill/Upper East Side

about the ziggurat

The Ziggurat is an Art Deco masterpiece built by the firm of Boak & Paris in 1936. Russell Boak and Hyman Paris had both worked under Emery Roth, the master of apartment house design, and went on to design several praised buildings of their own. The Ziggurat offers 40 apartments in studio to three-bedroom layouts. Inside, you'll find a wealth of prewar details, including archways, tall beamed ceilings, sunken living rooms and casement windows.


Residents of this pet-friendly building enjoy full-time doorman and live-in superintendent service, video security, laundry facilities, a package room, a 1930s mail system and a new elevator. Situated just one block from Central Park, this location offers easy access to the world-class art of The Museum Mile and the luxury boutiques and cafés of Madison Avenue. Transportation is effortless thanks to nearby 4/5/6 and Q trains, excellent bus service and CitiBike stations.

apartment features

Wood burning fireplaces 

Modern Kitchen

Dishwasher 

Hardwood Floor

Natural Light 

Views of central park 

Heat and Water included

Property Features

Pet friendly 

Live-in Super

Doorman & Porter 

24/7 Video Surveillance 

Security System

On-site Laundry room

Package room

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Prewar Building with Update Elevator

Heat and Water included in all building

1930’s charming mailing system with Beautiful Pre-war Details

get to know

Lenox Hill/Upper East Side

The Upper East Side is known the world over for Central Park, The Museum Mile and the prestigious cooperatives that line Park and Fifth Avenue. Occupying the lower half of the Upper East Side, from 59th Street to 79th Street, Lenox Hill also offers front-row access to world-class shopping, outstanding restaurants and lively entertainment.

The Massive Met


While the Metropolitan Museum of Art now cuts a striking figure alongside Fifth Avenue, when it was first built in 1880, the streets of the city's grid plan this far north weren't even paved. Today, that original red-brick Victorian Gothic structure by Calvert Vaux is engulfed by multiple expansions, including the grand Fifth Avenue façade that remains permanently incomplete. Look closely above the columns, and you'll see stacks of stone left uncarved when funds for the main entrance ran out.


Bemelmans Bar


Called the most famous bar in New York City, Bemelmans is nestled in the luxurious The Carlyle Hotel. Here, red-jacketed staff attend to every want and need while live jazz wafts through the air. On the walls, whimsical murals depict Central Park through the changing seasons. Drawn by Ludwig Bemelmans, the author of the Madeline books for whom the bar is named, the drawings were his attempt to square up a massive, mounting hotel bill.


The Gates of Central Park


Designers Calvert Vaux and Frederick Law Olmstead always intended Central Park to be a gathering spot for all New Yorkers. Unlike private gated greenspaces cropping up in other parts of the city, Central Park's original plan included 18 entrances whose names reflected the people: artists, artisans, merchants, pioneers, farmers and hunters, to name a few. There's also a Strangers' Gate a nod to the prominent role immigrants have played in the city's evolution. On the Upper East Side, you'll find the Scholars' Gate at 60th Street, the Children's Gate at 64th Street, the Inventors' Gate at 72nd Street and the Engineers' Gate at 90th Street.

THE SPOTS

Local Favorites

  • Lady M’s
  • Sant Ambroeus 
  • Laderee 
  • JG Melon 
  • Cafe Bould 
  • Daniel 
  • The Mark 

Places to Check Out

  • Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Central Park
  • Loeb BoatHouse 
  • Billionaires Row
  • Frick Collection 
  • Consulate of Greece 
  • Central Park Zoo 
  • Park Ave Armory

Where to Learn

  • P.S. 6 Lillie D Blake Elementary
  • NYC Lab High School for Collaborative Studies
  • J.H.S. 167 Robert F Wagner JHS
  • Hunter College 
  • The Hewitt School 

Convenient Commute

  • 6 at 77th St and  4 5 6 at 86th St

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