Description:

Stunning Two Bedroom Apartment in the Heart of Manhattan - Own a piece of Manhattan's History. Walk through a grand hallway into this outstanding triple mint two bedroom, two and a half bathroom loft condo with 13 foot ceilings and exposed cast iron columns throughout the residence. Ref: PEO818NY

Key features:

* Stunning Apartment in the Heart of Manhattan Location
* Two Beautiful bedrooms - 2.5 Bathrooms
* Impressive entrance hall - 13 foot Ceilings - and so Much More . . .
* 13 foot Ceilings everyhting about this apartment
* The O'Neill Building is a Historic landmarked on Sixth Avenue
* Completely Modernized and extended 2005

Full description:

Stunning Two Bedroom Apartment in the Heart of Manhattan

Ref: PEO818NY

O'Neill Building, 655 Sixth Avenue, 3E - Flatiron District, New York
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Here are the apartment specifics
Monthly maintenance/ CC $1,658
(note that monthly charges include all cost of maintaining the building, heat and hot water)
Monthly Real Estate Tax: $2,125
It's a 2 bed, 2.5 bath loft
1,597 square feet
Complete with full service, doorman building with a beautiful roof deck

Own a piece of Manhattan's History. Walk through a grand hallway into this outstanding triple mint two bedroom, two and a half bathroom loft condo with 13 foot ceilings and exposed cast iron columns throughout the residence. The O'Neill building, built in 1887 by Mortimer C. Merrit in the neo-Grec Style, and known for its gilded corner domes and stunning architecture, was one of NYC's first department stores in the historic Ladies' Mile. Centrally located in Flatiron, one of Manhattan's most vibrant neighborhoods, it was fully renovated and converted into residential condos in 2005

This beautifully proportioned home offers a sense of space and light. Find yourself entertaining in this spectacular home with large double-height eastern facing windows over the Limelight Market, an open Chef's kitchen with Viking and Subzero appliance and a large Carrera marble island. The master bedroom features a separate office area and an oversized master bedroom with en-suite spa bathroom, soaking tub, double vanity and a separate stall show. This home also comes with a washer dryer and an exceptionally large (10ft by 7ft storage room) located on the same floor.

This home offers a 24-hour attended lobby, live in super and is steps from Trader Joes, Whole Foods, an abundance of restaurants, the Highline, Madison Square Park, a cosmopolitan location with easy access to public transportation.
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The O'Neill Building a brief Historic Overview

This very handsome cast-iron structure was erected in 1887 as the Hugh O'Neill Dry Goods Building and is one of the highlights of the city's "Ladies Mile" retail stretch along the Avenue of the Americas south of 23rd Street that flourished at the end of the 19th Century.
Designed by Mortimer C. Merritt, it originally had tall, beehive-style domes atop the almost cylindrical towers at the corners of 20th and 21st Streets. The domes were eventually removed but its conversion to 49 condominium apartments, completed in 2005, included their restoration.

The building's name is emblazoned in relief on its pediment.

It is the oldest and most handsome of the major department store buildings along Ladies' Mile and was complemented in scale and grandeur by the Siegel-Cooper Dry Goods Store at 616-632 Avenue of the Americas, which was designed by DeLemos & Cordes and erected in 1897, and by the Simpson Crawford & Simpson dry goods store at 641 Avenue of the Americas, which was designed by William H. Hume & Son and erected in 1900.
This building has a five-story base topped by a one-story pediment story in the centre of the frontage along the avenue.

In an article in The New York Times, Christopher Gray noted that the building originally had four floors and that the fifth story was added in 1895, adding that "in 1906, the O'Neill store merged with Adams Dry Goods, a one-time competitor on the block to the north, but the merged company closed in 1907, as garment-manufacturing firms invaded the side streets and drove out retail patronage."

"By the 1920s all the giant stories had been converted to lofts and manufacturing. A 1940's photograph shows the old O'Neill store occupied by the Central Time Clock Company, a machinery exchange and similar businesses. By that time, the domes had been demolished," Mr. Gray wrote.

The condo conversion by Miki Naftali of Elad Properties included a two-story roof addition and was designed by Cetra/Ruddy