Jeff Vasishta At least a few Manhattan developers have realized that many deep-pocketed luxury condo buyers prefer class over glass.
There’s the Fitzroy, in Chelsea, and the Vandewater, on the Upper West Side, not to mention several high-profile apartment houses designed by architect Robert Stern, that feature traditional and dignified stone-faced architecture reminiscent of the early 20th century.Of course, the cost of erecting a five-star apartment house as if it was 1920 instead of 2020 is typically a forbidding impediment to building beautifully detailed stone-faced buildings.
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