One Sutton Place South
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One Sutton Place South is a 14-story, 42-unit
History
The building was designed and completed in 1927 by
The building is topped by a penthouse, a 17-room unit that has 5,000 square feet (460 m2) of interior space and 6,000 square feet (560 m2) of terraces that wrap entirely around it; the penthouse was created originally for
Property dispute
A portion of the property behind One Sutton Place South was the subject of a dispute between the building's owners and the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. Like the adjacent park, part of the rear garden at One Sutton Place South is cantilevered over the FDR Drive, a busy expressway at Manhattan's eastern edge that is not visible from most of Sutton Place. In 1939, city authorities took ownership of the property behind One Sutton Place South by condemnation in connection with the construction of the FDR Drive, then leased it back to the building. The building's lease for its backyard expired in 1990.[2][3] The co-op tried unsuccessfully to extend the lease, and later made prospective apartment-buyers review the legal status of the backyard and sign a confidentiality agreement.[4] The question of ownership came to a head in 2003 when the state's Department of Transportation began rehabilitation of FDR Drive between 54th and 63rd Streets and threatened to tear up the garden to fix the deck.[5] In June 2007, the co-op sued the city in an attempt the keep the land,[4] and on November 1, 2011, the co-op and the city reached an agreement in which the co-op ended its ownership claim to a smaller section of land sitting atop the deck only, with each side contributing $1 million toward the creation of a public park on the disputed portion.[6]
Residents
Residents have included
References
- ISBN 978-0-926494-20-6.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
- ^ Steele, Lockhart (December 7, 2004). "Sutton Place Private Lawn Going to the Masses". Curbed NY. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
- ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
- ^ "1 Sutton Place South - NYC Apartments".
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
- ^ Haddon, Heather (December 19, 2010). "War for co-opted parkland". New York Post. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
External links
- StreetEasy.com Building Info
- CityRealty.com Profile