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CORNER CLASSIC 8-INTO-7 ON WEST END AVE JUST LISTED! A glorious and sprawling corner Classic 8-into-7 with beautiful exposures over West End Avenue and West 74th Street in a full-service doorman prewar cooperative on the prime Upper West Side. Residence 4A at 290 West End Avenue is a bright and elegant 7-room home boasting an expansive living room, oversized formal dining room, windowed eat-in kitchen, three large bedrooms as well as a home office/service room. Enter off of a semi-private landing and be welcomed by a grand central gallery from which all rooms in this home radiate, perfectly dividing the principle entertaining areas and the bedrooms. To the South, an enormous living room stretches over 26ft deep with high beamed ceilings overhead and a pair of oversized double-hung windows overlooking West End Avenue and drawing in warm sunlight from the West. The living room is framed by wainscoting and anchored by a handsome decorative fireplace. Open to the living room by way of two large French doors, the formal dining room is ideal for those who enjoy entertaining at scale with enough space to accommodate even the largest of dinner parties or holiday gatherings. Immediately adjacent, there is a massive double-windowed eat-in kitchen with a butler's pantry as well as a gracious peninsula in the main kitchen area for additional counter space and storage. There is also a dedicated laundry room with full-sized washer and dryer that vents to the exterior which could be reverted to a fourth bathroom as it originally was, as well as a windowed home office. The bedrooms are all beautifully situated along the building's northern facade, starting with a sundrenched corner primary suite with excellent closet space including two customized walk-in closets as well as a wall of additional built-in closeting. There is a sizable 4-fixture primary bathroom clad in marble from floor-to-ceiling, appointed with a stall shower with glass enclosure, deep soaking tub and oversized vanity. There are two more sizable bedroom suites along West 74th Street, both of which offer sizable walk-in closets as well as recently renovated windowed en-suite bathrooms dressed in marble with hexagonal tile mosaic details, stall showers and all new fixtures. Completed in 1925, 290 West End Avenue is a marvelous full-service building designed by the prolific architectural firm Schwartz and Gross in the Neo-Renaissance style. There is a full-time doorman, live-in resident manager, private storage, bicycle storage and common outdoor patio. Located in the landmarked West End-Collegiate Historic District residents enjoy close proximity to Riverside Park, a multitude of shopping, dining and entertainment which characterizes life on the Upper West Side including Trader Joe's, Fairway, Citarella and The Beacon Theater all within 3 blocks, and the 1, 2 and 3 subway lines, major bus lines and an entrance to the Henry Hudson Parkway all within 3 blocks as well. Financing is up to 65%, and pets are welcome.