The Apthorp

I’ve long maintained that the only way I’d find myself living on the UWS again would be a long lost relative bequeathing a Riverside Drive pad. The website doesn’t do the courtyard/​plaza (accessible from Broadway also) justice, a breathtaking and random refuge.
In keeping with the initial review almost 9 years ago, I figured it was fine to review this place without stepping foot in a residence.

Although this building takes up an entire square block, the management cares only about the front, which faces Broadway. The 79^th Street side houses homeless people on unused stoops, and provides a haven against rain and wind under the scaffolding that has been up for a very long time. Dumpsters are kept out longer than usual on the back side, (on West End Ave), and the trash is put out early on the 78^th Street side. Except for the front, the other 3 sides have dog poop on the sidewalk that is never cleaned up by the building’s crack maintenance team (maybe they’re on crack?). During the winter storms, the building is known to not clean the sidewalks on the 3 «other» sides. In the central fountain and courtyard, the building hosts a Halloween party with loud music for tenants, forgetting that residents in the neighboring buildings might want to sleep. Calls to the police and community board are laughed at by building management. Althoug I would like to give this building «no» stars, Unilocal does not allow this option.

Magnificent landmark residential building housing celebrities and others, with an indoor courtyard containing a driveway, central fountain and plants. It takes up a square block and is, surprisingly, a rental building (I’ve heard from a tenant).