260 East 72nd Street

Tall beige apartment buildings line both sides of a wide street filled with green trees. The sky is bright blue with sparse clouds, and sunlight highlights the building facades, creating long shadows. Other skyscrapers rise in the distance.
Tall beige stone Art Deco-style building with stepped terraces and black window frames stands on a sunny street corner, surrounded by other high-rise buildings. Greenery is visible on terraces. A person walks alone on the sidewalk. Blue sky with a few clouds overhead.
A beige brick mid-rise apartment building with illuminated windows, black trim, potted plants, an entrance canopy, and a car parked by the front. A bicyclist is near the left side, trees frame the scene, and city buildings are in the background at dusk.

260 East 72nd Street

The opening of the Second Avenue subway line has welcomed renewed development to this part of the upper east side. The site sits at the southeast corner of 72nd Street and Second Avenue and extends south to connect to 71st Street. The massing is broken into two towers; the one anchoring the corner rises to twenty stories. The second, which fronts 71st Street, is ten stories. A shared amenity garden on the second floor connects the two towers and conceals an underground automated parking facility.

The building takes advantage of the zoning requirements, arranging the required setbacks in a picturesque manner culminating in the sculptural crown. Indiana limestone and matching beige brick create a monochrome color scheme for the building. Terraces are given decorative metal railings and sculpted stone piers. The ground floor receives deeply carved rusticated limestone coursing and a granite base. Large metal and glass windows open to ground floor commercial on Second Avenue, and the residential entrance on 72nd Street is announced with limestone columns flanked by marble panels and tall bronze and glass doors.

Indoor amenities include an indoor pool, spa, and fitness center. The ground floor lobby is finished with walnut paneling, marble floors and opens to a stair that is lit by windows to the second floor garden. The residential floors consist of 60 simplexes in a variety of layouts ranging from two-bedroom units to five-bedroom, full-floor penthouses.

Tall beige apartment buildings line both sides of a wide street filled with green trees. The sky is bright blue with sparse clouds, and sunlight highlights the building facades, creating long shadows. Other skyscrapers rise in the distance.
Tall beige stone Art Deco-style building with stepped terraces and black window frames stands on a sunny street corner, surrounded by other high-rise buildings. Greenery is visible on terraces. A person walks alone on the sidewalk. Blue sky with a few clouds overhead.
A beige brick mid-rise apartment building with illuminated windows, black trim, potted plants, an entrance canopy, and a car parked by the front. A bicyclist is near the left side, trees frame the scene, and city buildings are in the background at dusk.

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