Casa 74, also known as 255 East 74th Street, is a 30-story, 87-apartment

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building. It is situated at the corner of Second Avenue and

East 74th Street 74th Street is an east–west street carrying pedestrian traffic and eastbound automotive/bicycle traffic in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It runs through the Upper East Side neighborhood (in ZIP code 10021, where it is known as East ...

on the

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, New York City. The building was developed by World-Wide Holdings Corporation. It was designed by

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's H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture together with SLCE Architects, and built in 2008. The building contains primarily three-to-five bedroom apartments, duplexes, and penthouses, with ceilings. The largest apartments are . The lower floors of the building house a

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gym. The building includes a children’s pavilion, and a private garden. In 2008, apartments in the building sold for prices ranging up to $4,000-per-square-foot. In 2009, a penthouse was purchased for $12.98 million. Also in 2009, the developer rented out five of the building's apartments, at $13,000-per-month for three-bedroom apartments, and $18,000-per-month for a four-bedroom apartment. Poet

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lived at the address, when a small

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was located on the property, before the current building was built.

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External links

Building website
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