17 East 76th Street sits midway between Fifth and Madison Avenues, half a block from Central Park, on one of the Upper East Sides most prized townhouse blocks. 17 East 76th Street produces exceptionally strong annual income. It also presents future potential for conversion to a grand single-family townhouse with scale, elevator service, and modernized infrastructure already in place. The residence retains the proportions and craftsmanship buyers expect- high ceilings, restored oak pocket-door parlors, and six relined wood-burning fireplaces- while operating with modern infrastructure, including a Swiss-engineered Bucher hydraulic elevator serving the garden through fourth floors and significant upgrades to mechanical, life-safety, and building systems. Outdoor space is unusually substantial for this location, totaling over 1,250 square feet across gardens and terraces, including a private rear garden and a Japanese-landscape terrace garden featured in Architectural Digest. Built in 189596 as one of a sister row of limestone-and-brick residences, the home is known as the Piscator House, associated with the German director Erwin Piscator, co-founder of Epic Theatre alongside Bertolt Brecht. Spanning approximately 9,411 square feet across 51/2 stories and 20 feet of width, the property was comprehensively reimagined in 2007 and refreshed in 202124, with a new Certificate of Occupancy issued in January 2023. Landmark limestone facades, mature trees, and an intact, protected streetscape define this stretch of 76th- quiet, private, and enduring. The Mark and The Carlyle anchor the immediate corridor, while Sothebys new headquarters and Gagosians expansion nearby reinforce the areas longstanding position at the center of New Yorks cultural and residential landscape.

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