878 W End Ave

Designed by Rosario Candela and completed in 1923, this 15-story cooperative on West End Avenue reads as a refined pre-war apartment house with Italian Renaissance–palazzo influences. The masonry façade and molded cornices reflect traditional detailing; interiors commonly feature high ceilings, original moldings, built-ins, and hardwood or parquet floors. Unit mix leans toward one-bedroom apartments, with larger combined layouts and occasional multi-bedroom corner homes that offer multiple exposures and generous room proportions. Typical residences include formal entry foyers, separate dining areas, eat-in kitchens or windowed kitchens with pantries, plentiful closet storage, and renovated bathrooms and kitchens in many units. Building services emphasize day-to-day convenience: a live-in superintendent, full-time porter, virtual doorman, recently refreshed lobby and elevators, central laundry room, bike storage and private basement storage lockers. Pet ownership, pied-a-terres and sublets are permitted, and the co-op is described as financially stable with relatively low maintenance. Located one block from Riverside Park and the 103rd Street 1 train, the property sits in the Upper West Side’s residential fabric near schools, grocery options and neighborhood restaurants, offering a blend of pre-war character and updated apartment standards.