A unique combination of two apartments into a simply beautiful penthouse in the mansard roof of a historic building, with numerous skylights, exquisite materials and finishes, and lovely light throughout the day, especially at twilight. The floors of the main rooms are done in German quarry tile. The large corner living room with a marvelous wood burning fireplace faces west and south and extends into a dining area that opens to a decked and planted terraced of over 1,000sf facing west, south and east. The irrigated terrace has a gas-operated barbeque and a pergola; It is very well designed and lighted for entertaining. Within the penthouse, all of the lighting was expressly created to accentuate the exceedingly high ceilings and roof shapes. The elegant master suite faces north with massive skylights, a wood burning fireplace, and has an especially large bath and spacious custom dressing room. There are marvelous views of Central Park and the Reservoir from the Master bedroom and dressing room treadmill. There are two additional bedrooms, one corner bedroom facing west and north and the other facing north with a bath en suite. Central air conditioning. Steam shower. Music system throughout. Electronically operated sunscreens in all skylights and bedroom window shades. . Extensive storage throughout the apartment, including two attics with pull down stairs for access. Laundry room. Private elevator hall with additional private bike storage just for this apartment. The building also has a gym, bike room and porte cochere for half hour parking. A flip tax of .01 percent will be paid by the buyer.