134 W 83rd Street #5, Manhattan, NY 10024

A private, keyed elevator rises straight from the lobby and opens directly into the apartment. An arrival, not an entry. No hallway, no shared landing, no neighbor on either side, just the entire fifth floor, extending from north to south in a boutique building of only six residences. The great room announces itself immediately: living, dining, and kitchen unfold as one uninterrupted expanse anchored by its own defined dining area. This is the kind of space that can comfortably entertain 20 people and still feel intimate when it's just you. Anchoring the living area is a sculptural fireplace wall finished in custom Atelier Premier marble plaster, hand-troweled in bands of green, sand, and cream like a cross-section of the earth, with a gas fireplace glowing beneath. This was not part of the developer's plan. It's the owners' own artistic addition. Beyond the floor-to-ceiling living room windows, which flood the living area with natural southern light, nearly sixteen feet of...