Contract signed. Open house cancelled. Rare Upper East Side penthouse converted two bedroom, brimming with designer finishes and details, very quiet and sunny with multiple exposures.  The corner master bedroom is brilliant with two exposures and an enormous wall of Italian finished closets. Living room, with double doors, can be a second bedroom as well while the large foyer has functioned as a dining room and a waiting room. Foyer boasts enormous finished closets.  Both the updated kitchen (Bosch dishwasher and rounded counter tops) and luxurious spa style bathroom (tumbled marble floors, aquamarine glass tile, Toto toilet) have windows and plenty of storage. Well proportioned rooms include recessed lights, linen closet, built ins, murphy bed for guests, elevator building, and live in super. Extremely liberal sublet policies, pied-a-terre, co-purchasing, and guarantors allowed.  Laundry in the building. Near to all transportation including 72nd Street crosstown bus, 68th Street subway station (6 train),  and future Second Avenue subway line. Great neighborhood shopping, Grace's Market Place, Gracious Home, and the finest restaurants. Storage cages in the building for a fee, bike room, laundry in building.  Dogs up to 30 pounds. The tax deductability has historically been high (61%), and 80% financing is available making the net effective cost to own well below the cost to lease something similar.