Lawyerly Lairs: Justice Sotomayor's Former Boss Sells His $20 Million Townhouse
This dream home actually comes with a nightmarish history....
Here’s a description of the property from StreetEasy:
Recently featured on the cover of The NY Observer’s Townhouse Special Edition, No. 18 East 73rd Street is a stately and elegant town home located on one of the Upper East Side’s most coveted, landmark blocks. The house was originally built in the Neo-Georgian style, circa 1866. In 1922, the renowned architect, William Lawrence Bottomley, completed an alteration to its façade including intricate brick work, and two Ionic columns at its entrance. Bottomley’s vast legacy of fine homes is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and includes the acclaimed River House in New York.
With Central Park at its doorstep, this unusually wide five-story house with basement faces north to the former Pulitzer Mansion and south, overlooking its own exceptionally deep garden and brick patios. Currently the house is being used as a mixed-use property. Connected by a gracious staircase, the owners occupy a triplex on floors 1, 2, and 3, which includes: three bedrooms, four full bathrooms, two kitchens, living room, formal dining room and a library/den. Other distinguishing features of this magnificent home include high ceilings, exquisite moldings and paneling, a 565 square foot garden and four wood-burning fireplaces. The 4th and 5th floors are configured with three one-bedroom rental apartments and one studio apartment…. This treasure is easily converted for use as a Single-Family home.
And that’s what I’m guessing will happen. According to the Observer, the house was delivered vacant, so it’s all ready to be renovated and redecorated.
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The home has great bones, but it needs a little refreshing, at least in my opinion. Justice Sotomayor describes Pavia & Harcourt as having an “old-world ambience,” and that applies to George Pavia’s house as well. Consider the living room, which looks like something out of an Edith Wharton novel (click to enlarge):
The same goes for the dining room (which boasts an impressive fireplace):
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The other rooms of the house are decorated similarly….
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