Casa 74, also known as 255 East 74th Street, is a condominium building at Second Avenue and East 74th Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City."RKF at home with Casa 74", Real Estate Weekly, May 9, 2007. The 30-story building has 87 apartments and was developed by World-Wide Holdings Corporation.Square Feet "The 30-Minute Interview; James D. Stanton", Vivian Marino, October 8, 2010, The New York Times It was designed by Hugh Hardy'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."A Glut of One-Bedroom Apartments", Christine Haughney, August 3, 2008, The New York Times The largest apartments are .
The lower floors of the building house a Equinox 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."Demand Rising for Rentals Among the Ultrarich", Sarah Kershaw, October 21, 2010, The New York Times
Poet John Giorno lived at the address, when a small carriage house was located on the property, before the current building was built.
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