A golden age of 25 feet wide located right next to Riverside Drive is asking for $ 29.75 million, marking an opportunity to have a rare property.
The seven -story townhouse, with its limestone bed facade, wrought iron details, French doors and large terraces, is difficult to lose. His list, first reported by Global Mansion, is hero of Lydia Sussek of Douglas Elyliman.
The house was for the last time at the end of the 1990s, and was not successful aimed at a sale in 2013 for about $ 50 million.
The 11,500 square feet residence includes seven rooms and 14 bathrooms, Global Mansion reported, with a view of the Hudson River and Riverside Park to the west.
In addition to an excess of outdoor space, its comforts include seven wood chimneys, a winery, a library, a cinema and a gym.
The distinctive house has appeared in photo sessions and television programs such as “Law & Order”, “The Good Wife” and “Madame Secretary”, according to Global Mansion.
Beaux Arts -style housing was built between 1900 and 1901 by developer Joseph A. Farley with the architects Janes and Leo. The exiled Russian Prince Sergei Balelosselsky-Bonzersky bought the property in the 1940s and made it the headquarters of a non-profit organization for Russian immigrants. The 50 -year mandate of the Russian Aid Society there won 349 W. 86th St. The nickname of “Casa de Russia Libre”.
Randall Rackson, founder of the derivative business for the Giant of Insurance and Financial Services AIG, bought the house in 1999 after a great dispute between the Aid Society Russia and its neighbors. Randall entered the early retirement in the 90s, before AIG played an important role in the beginning of the great recession in the next decade.
Rackson told Global Mansion that the roof was gone when he went the house in 1999, with rats and pigeons that were already in residence. Rackson paid $ 1.4 million, according to Streetasy. Then he dedicated himself to restore the facade and interior to his glory of the age of guilds.
“It’s habitable, it’s not like a museum,” Rackson told The Outlet.
Rackson could not be contacted to comment.