A huge price improvement just implemented makes this home the best valued "classic-5" on Fifth Avenue! This is a beautifully proportioned apartment in one of Fifth Avenue's most prestigious prewar co-operatives.  The large and welcoming Entrance Gallery serves as the center stage for a very gracious layout that includes an unusually magnificent and regal in scale 17x 26' Living Room originally designed for a 12-room apartment. Other features of this very special home include a wood-burning fireplace with an exquisite mantel, high beamed ceilings, beautiful floors, windowed baths, and a tranquil and graceful corner Master Bedroom suite.  This lovely home has been lovingly maintained, and is in excellent overall condition. Its state-of-the-art, "City Proof" windows make it pin-drop quiet and the entire apartment exudes a very welcoming sense of serenity and calmness.   The building, designed by the esteemed architect J.E.R Carpenter, enjoys what is undoubtedly one of the most desirable and prestigious locations on the Upper East Side and is known for its "old world" impeccable services and superb staff.  It features a first-class Gym, is pet friendly and will consider apartments to be purchased as "second homes" on a case-by-case basis. Up to 50% financing is permitted for this unit.