Inside a $21M Billionaires’ Row spread where jazz greats recorded
nypost.com111 W. 57th St. — and the second tallest in the Western Hemisphere — has hit the market for $21 million. Spanning 5,269 square feet indoors with terraces that add 3,800 square feet, the Landmark Penthouse was a space that Frederick T.
Steinway wanted to use for his home. When he couldn’t secure the zoning permits that he needed to make it a residence, it turned into one of New York’s oldest and most renowned recording studios.Charlie Parker and Miles Davis recorded jazz classics here, along with other music superstars like Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington and Elvis Costello.
Barbra Streisand had her first-ever recording here in 1955 when she was just 13 years old.Most recently, the Landmark Penthouse has been reimagined as a three-bedroom, 4½-bath apartment that’s reminiscent of living in a townhouse.
An elevator that provides access opens into a foyer with a white stone floor, and a long hallway to the right leads to the showstopping great room, featuring 26-foot vaulted ceilings, a gas fireplace and glass doors that open onto a 1,000-square-foot wraparound terrace.
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