I'm a relatively new resident. There are both good and bad things about living here, mostly good.

Good:

Great location ("fancy food" grocery store less than 30 feet away, department store "lot less" about 50 feet)

doorman and staff are nice and helpful

convenient laundry facilities with a card, can swipe credit card to purchase

pretty wood lounge areas outside on the second and top floor with potted plants, places to sunbathe

air conditioning units work FAST!

wood floors

many huge light-filled windows

spacious (for only one bedroom)

granite counter tops

great small gym - usually with few or no people using it - everything works (two treadmills, elliptical, stair stepper, stationary bike, lots of weight machines, dumbbells - all good brands such as Precore)


toilet does not get stopped up (but has other issues)

good soundproofing between apartments (never hear my floor mates, ever! but the noise from the street is another matter)

Bad:

Extremely noisy unit - can hear honking, cars, construction from the major streets by the building, despite some strong sound proofing on the windows. Super annoying at night, maybe because my apt. faces Broadway - other units may be quieter...never hear the people who live next to me, even if you walk out into the hallway and you can hear a blow dryer or music through the door - the apartment is sound proof in that regard.

Toilet makes a loud "whoosh" noise when flushed, which sounds a bit like a shot gun. On the plus side never backs up but unfortunately it often disintegrates the paper and leaves stuff floating around - not a pretty sight and often requires multiple flushes to get a clean bowl - unless you like confetti .

No functioning vent in bathroom, non-functional vent in wall is covered in dark green mold that I can't reach, even on a step ladder.

Shoddy construction - looks nice but it's soon apparent that the cabinets are kind of cheap, random white splashes of paint on underside of cabinet and along the toilet, a small pipe under the counter top loosened and spilled a yellowish water all along the bottom of the wood cabinet. Easily fixed with a twist of the screw - but annoying that it loosened in the first place.


In short, it's a nice building and what I've meet of the staff seem nice. The room looks pretty and has a lot of light and decent space. But for so many thousands per month, you think they could do better and perform above par - instead of buying really cheap cabinets, for instance. Maybe I expect too much - where I'm from outside the city, an apartment at this cost would have to provide luxury. Still, can't beat the location and nothing is super negative so far. Haven't called management so I can't comment on the quality.
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User Responses
From: Anonymous	Date: 09/24/2009
Curious what floor you live on? Was looking in the building and wondered about the noise myself.
From: Anonymous	Date: 09/25/2009
I'm about half way from the top, eight floors. And you?

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