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Lawyerly Lairs: A Wachtell Lipton Partner's $5.4 Million Prewar Palace

He and his wife, an interior designer, did a beautiful renovation before moving in.

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The listing describes a “windowed chef’s kitchen, featur[ing] Miele, Wolf and Gaggenau appliances, custom cabinets, pearl-gray quartzite counter tops, and back splash and its own pantry”:

In their renovation, it looks like the Savitts turned the open kitchen into a closed one. Many folks might frown upon that — current trends favor open kitchens — but in their defense, a closed kitchen would be more in keeping with a prewar layout and look:

And speaking of the layout, here’s the floor plan:

I like this layout, which strikes me as rather modern: a fairly open living/dining area, separated nicely from bedrooms that are few in number but large in their proportions. (A typical prewar layout: a warren of many tiny rooms, with bedrooms often oddly adjacent to public rooms.)

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The theme of the Times piece seems to be “the best of both worlds,” and the Savitts seem to have achieved that in their prewar apartment, renovated to add every modern convenience. Congratulations to them on their magnificent new home.

As a result of “tax reform,” owning a home like this is a lot more expensive than it used to be. But considering that Wachtell Lipton profits per partner hover close to $6 million, the Savitts should be just fine.

Prewar, With a Twist [New York Times]
344 West 72nd Street #602 [StreetEasy]

Earlier: Lawyerly Lairs: George And Kellyanne Conway’s $8 Million Mansion

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DBL square headshotDavid Lat is editor at large and founding editor of Above the Law, as well as the author of Supreme Ambitions: A Novel. He previously worked as a federal prosecutor in Newark, New Jersey; a litigation associate at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; and a law clerk to Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. You can connect with David on Twitter (@DavidLat), LinkedIn, and Facebook, and you can reach him by email at dlat@abovethelaw.com.

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