135 East 79th Street

Apartment 4 East is an exquisite, half-floor, six-room home in an architecturally significant building located on one of Manhattan's finest blocks.

A private elevator vestibule opens to the foyer which leads to a bright, high-ceilinged, south-facing living room and adjacent formal dining room (with pocket doors) that can be converted to a fourth bedroom.

Off the dining room is a well-designed kitchen large enough to accommodate multiple cooks and guests, with hand-painted custom Christopher Peacock kitchen cabinetry, stone slab counters with custom carved edges, Sub Zero refrigerator and wine cooler, six-burner Wolf range, and a Miele dishwasher.

Separating the entertaining area from the bedroom wing is a long hallway with a powder room and a laundry/utility room with entry to the service corridor. All three bedrooms face north with a tranquil view of townhouse gardens. The primary bedroom suite has a dressing room lined with solid-wood trimmed closets with inset mirrored doors, a luxurious slab marble five-piece bath, and a separate walk-in closet. The two other bedrooms each have ample closets and full baths.

Amenities include a full-time doorman and concierge, fitness center with private training studio, residents' lounge with a catering kitchen, and a club/game room overlooking the landscaped private garden.

The building's interior and exterior were designed by William Sofield, a celebrated AD 100 designer whose attention to detail, style, and craftsmanship throughout sets this property apart from its pre-war and post-modern peers. The authenticity and beauty of the facade fits in seamlessly with the grandest pre-war buildings in this exclusive neighborhood. A pair of 22-foot pear tree sculptures flank the arched entrance which features ground-floor window grilles that were made by the company that fabricated Buckingham Palace's gates.

The building's scenic, convenient location, just east