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Landmarked artists’ housing building on Billionaire’s Row is reborn as luxury condos

A landmarked building on Billionaires’ Row has been transformed into 47 luxury condos. Sales launched this week at Parc Beaufort, a 14-story tower at 140 West 57th Street originally built in 1908 as housing for artists. Led by the Feil Organization and MdeAS Architects, the conversion of the luxury condo preserved the building’s historic pre-war character while adding contemporary interiors by AD100 firm Stephen Sills Associates. 

Designed in the Neo-Renaissance style by Pollard & Steinam, the property was built to provide live-work space for artists, with its high ceilings and oversized windows. The building’s duplex arrangement created seven double-height stories facing the street, with 12 stories at the rear. Its tall projecting bay windows are set in “geometrically ornamented” cast iron frames, drawing in the northern light prized by artists, according to the Landmarks Preservation Commission’s 1999 designation report.

“Working with a historic landmark requires a deep respect for its original design,” Dan Shannon, principal at MdeAS Architects, said. “We sought to preserve the qualities that made it exceptional—unique volumes and double height spaces that permit extraordinary natural light —while adapting it for modern residential use. The result is an architecture that feels both enduring and relevant, rooted in history but designed for how people live today.”

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