CROSBY STREET ELEGANT DOORPERSON LOFT
Light filled corner 3200 square foot classic loft with 13 foot ceilings and 15 oversized 6 foot by 9 foot windows in 56 Crosby Street, a restored 1882 department store with original brick, bluestone and cast-iron facade. Full-time doorperson in this intimate 9 unit condo building with key-locked elevators located on a quaint cobblestone street in the SoHo Cast Iron Historic District. Perfectly situated near to all the best that SoHo has to offer while maintaining privacy. Balthazar, Equinox as well as great shopping and restaurants are just of a few highlights.
Dramatic entrance into a 1,500 square foot sunny great room perfect for entertaining with five Corinthian cast iron columns, eleven enormous windows and a third full bath. Tucked away out of sight but open to the living room is a "Varenna" kitchen by Boffi which is fully equipped with Carrera marble island with separate sink built-in, Gaggenau stove, Subzero refrigerator, Bosch dishwasher, built-in wine cooler, cherry wood cabinetry, glass wire enclosed pantry and fantastic East light.
Two bedrooms both have en-suite baths and are so generously proportioned that each could be a primary bedroom. The primary bedroom is especially unusual. The two oversized windows have double closing wooden shutters opening onto a Parisian style view of other window boxes with flowers and shutters. Other features of this roomy bedroom include a spacious built out walk in closet, an Urban Archaeology primary bath offering a 3 foot by 6 foot Kohler "Tea for Two" cast iron soaking tub with a handheld shower, a separate frameless glass shower, a double vanity with polished nickel base and Segny gold limestone floors.
The second bedroom again offers grand windows, another built out walk in closet and a full en-suite bath. Other features of this beautiful space include large laundry/utility room, dual zoned central air conditioning, built-in speakers throughout the loft, including primary bath.
Authentic loft in prime SoHo with great finishes!
South of Houston Street, which is where the neighborhood gets its name, SoHo is the hip neighborhood that people love to frequent for shopping and culinary adventures. Located just west of Little Italy and Nolita, this is the neighborhood to be if you want to feel like a New York icon.
During the era of Dutch colonialism, SoHo was the site of the first free Black settlement in Manhattan. The land would remain largely rural until the draining of the Collect Pond due to pollution. Soon after, Broadway and Canal street were paved and people began to come in droves.
During the early and mid 1800's SoHo began constructing cast iron buildings in order to reduce the risk of fires, which had become common in the city. The buildings allowed for large windows and apartments. The wealthy elites of Manhattan called this place home until the invention of Modern Steel, which allowed for the development of skyscrapers. The rich, seeking modern luxuries, moved to…
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