The White House

The White House is a 15-story, prewar cooperative on Central Park West completed in 1929 and designed in the era’s classical idiom by Sugarman & Berger. The 85-unit building offers a mix of studios through four-bedroom plans, with many large seven- to nine-room apartments and a handful of high-floor penthouses featuring private terraces. Interiors retain prewar hallmarks: high ceilings, oversized picture windows, ornate moldings, decorative fireplaces, herringbone and basket-weave wood floors, formal dining rooms, walk-in closets, and generously scaled galleries that separate public entertaining rooms from private bedroom wings. Building services are full white-glove: 24-hour doormen, resident manager, concierge, and staff; the cooperative applies a 2% flip tax and typically allows substantial financing depending on unit. Common facilities emphasize family-friendly and active use—on-site fitness center, children’s playroom, a half basketball court, bike room, private storage bins and meeting room—plus central laundry facilities. The courtyard provides limited exterior green space; pet policies are permissive. Located at the corner of Central Park West and 87th Street, the address affords direct views over Central Park and easy access to Upper West Side cultural institutions, transit, and neighborhood retail, resulting in a lifestyle oriented toward formal entertaining, park-facing vistas, and classic prewar living.