Lawyerly Lairs

Lawyerly Lairs: A Power Couple’s $4 Million Perch

He was a longtime Biglaw partner, and she was a prominent judge.

The three-bedroom, three-bath apartment is in 101 Central Park West — which is, as noted by the Douglas Elliman listing, “one of the finest, white glove, full-service, pet friendly co-ops in the city,” boasting not just doormen but even elevator operators (because pushing your own elevator buttons is for plebes). As previously discussed in these pages, 101 CPW is the well-feathered nest of several legal eagles, including Biglaw partners and in-house counsel.

The listing describes the foyer as “majestic” — and that is, when viewed according to Manhattan standards, no lie (as always, click on each photo to enlarge):

101 CPW 5A

Here’s the “sun-flooded, 30′ living room,” with wood-burning fireplace and three big picture windows (although too bad they face south, toward 70th Street, rather than west, toward Central Park):

101 CPW 5A 1

101 CPW 5A 3

A formal dining room is a rarity in Manhattan, but of course an apartment of this caliber — and vintage, a prewar building dating back to 1928 — has one….

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