Casa 74
Condominium in New York, United States
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Casa 74, also known as 255 East 74th Street, is a condominium building at Second Avenue and East 74th Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City.[2][3][4][5] The 30-story building has 87 apartments and was developed by World-Wide Holdings Corporation.[6][7] It was designed by Hugh Hardy's H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture together with SLCE Architects, and built in 2008.[8][9][10]
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| Alternative names | 255 East 74th Street |
| General information | |
| Type | condominium |
| Location | 255 East 74th Street, Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York, United States |
| Coordinates | 40°46′14″N 73°57′28″W |
| Completed | 2008 |
| Height | |
| Height | 338 feet (103 m) [1] |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 30 |
| Floor area | 270,000-square-foot (25,000 m2)[1] |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Hugh Hardy |
| Architecture firm | H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture SLCE Architects |
| Structural engineer | DeSimone Consulting Engineers |
| Website | |
| 255east74.com | |
The building contains primarily three-to-five bedroom apartments, duplexes, and penthouses, with 10-foot (3.0 m) ceilings.[2][9][11][12] The largest apartments are 3,500-square-foot (330 m2).[13]
The lower floors of the building house a 42,000-square-foot (3,900 m2) Equinox gym.[2][9][14] The building includes a 2,400-square-foot (220 m2) children’s pavilion, and a private 1,500-square-foot (140 m2) garden.[2][15][16]
In 2008, apartments in the building sold for prices ranging up to $4,000-per-square-foot.[17][18][19] In 2009, a penthouse was purchased for $12.98 million.[20] Also in 2009, the developer rented out five of the building's apartments, at $13,000-per-month for three-bedroom apartments, and $18,000-per-month for a four-bedroom apartment.[21]
Poet John Giorno lived at the address, when a small carriage house was located on the property, before the current building was built.[22][23]