/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/58409335/53_downing_addtl_medium_res_0001.0.jpg)
The West Village is full of more than 100-year-old buildings that have since been transformed into modern, incredibly posh residences, and this particular home—located at 53 Downing Street, and asking a whopping $23 million—is no different.
It doesn’t have celebrity pedigree going for it, unlike some other renovated homes we’ve seen recently; a developer purchased the former manufacturing building, which dates back to 1857, as an investment property in 2015, and poured money into spiffing it up into, per the brokerbabble, a “showplace with superb finishes.”
:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/10075891/53_downing_addtl_medium_res_0003.jpg)
:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/10075885/455687_2837771.jpg)
:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/10075865/302919226.jpg)
:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/10075867/302919227.jpg)
CWB Architects was behind the redesign, which added swank perks like a private garage, four terraces and a garden, and a temperature-controlled wine room (and yes, there’s an elevator).
The first floor is home to a living room with 14-foot ceilings and a fireplace, and perhaps the home’s coolest feature: a year-round terrarium that looks like an incredibly chill place to hang out. On the second floor, there’s the dining room and kitchen (custom, of course); the third floor is dedicated to the master suite, with a marble-drenched bathroom, a sauna, two dressing rooms, and a terrace.
:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/10075897/302919229.jpg)
:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/10075903/302919129.jpg)
:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/10075901/302919124.jpg)
More bedrooms are on the floors above that, and the top floor is home to a library and two terraces.
:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/10075873/302919149.jpg)
:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/10075871/302919146.jpg)
:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/10075875/302919139.jpg)
“Every imaginable detail has been considered,” according to the listing, and it shows: The place is elegant, but understated; it doesn’t have a ton of personality, but a buyer could put their own stamp on the place. Compass’s Leonard Steinberg has the listing.
:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/10075913/fcc8d1e8396d696ebbcb5c1875bed34e4f78c9c1.jpg)
:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/10075919/5afe0b48a0e9bad1a2b40e5be87d6f0f28c439eb.jpg)
:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/10075921/04f04a314bee1abfb496763cd739dd97b856024d.jpg)
:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/10075923/48de24a63712482b8750d81dbce83fd979a485e5.jpg)
:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/10075945/cf7eaccf1af04f47ccdf24d23a3fb147c446f258.jpg)
:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/10075949/1a0296ff5ccf123c9bf33772aedb95dc73f84148.jpg)
:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/10075953/ac78807c6ddbf2f9eb6f8b59ac3a0f75baf0f0ee.jpg)
- Listing: 53 Downing Street [Compass]
Loading comments...