Casa 74

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Casa 74
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Casa 74
Alternative names255 East 74th Street
General information
Type condominium
Address255 East 74th Street
Town or city Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York City
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 40°46′14″N73°57′28″W / 40.770426°N 73.957785°W / 40.770426; -73.957785
Completed2008
Height338 feet (103 m) [1]
Technical details
Floor count30
Floor area270,000-square-foot (25,000 m2) [1]
Design and construction
Architect(s) Hugh Hardy
Architecture firmH3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture
SLCE Architects
Structural engineer DeSimone Consulting Engineers
Website
255east74.com

Casa 74, also known as 255 East 74th Street, is a 30-story, 87-apartment condominium building. It is situated at the corner of Second Avenue and East 74th Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City. [2] [3] [4] [5]

The building was developed by World-Wide Holdings Corporation. [6] [7] It was designed by Hugh Hardy's H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture together with SLCE Architects, and built in 2008. [8] [9] [10]

The building contains primarily three-to-five bedroom apartments, duplexes, and penthouses, with 10-foot (3.0 m) ceilings. [2] [9] [11] [12] The largest apartments are 3,500-square-foot (330 m2). [13]

The lower floors of the building house a 42,000-square-foot (3,900 m2) Equinox gym. [2] [9] [14] The building includes a 2,400-square-foot (220 m2) children’s pavilion, and a private 1,500-square-foot (140 m2) garden. [2] [15] [16]

In 2008, apartments in the building sold for prices ranging up to $4,000-per-square-foot. [17] [18] [19] In 2009, a penthouse was purchased for $12.98 million. [20] Also in 2009, the developer rented out five of the building's apartments, at $13,000-per-month for three-bedroom apartments, and $18,000-per-month for a four-bedroom apartment. [21]

Poet John Giorno lived at the address, when a small carriage house was located on the property, before the current building was built. [22] [23]

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