Life at the Top: New York’s Most Exceptional Apartment Buildings inside But the mosaic of the

But the mosaic of the Russian fin-de-siècle is much richer and more complex than these names alone would suggest

capturing the distinctive light

Beachside presents a wide array of the houses

illustrated with Jessica Klewicki Glynn’s limpid photographs—styled by Mary Juckiewicz—and Peter Moor's drawings

from collectors of 1970s Brazilian furniture and queer contemporary art to minimalists embracing clean

Life at the Top: New York’s Most Exceptional Apartment Buildings inside But the mosaic of theTheres a parlor game that sophisticated New Yorkers have been playing since the Gilded Age: What are New Yorks best apartment buildings? Before the turn of the (last) century, the Dakota and the Osborne were obvious answers; by the 1920s the list had grown to include McKim, Mead & Whites 998 Fifth, and the ultra soign 820 Fifth Avenue. The Roaring Twenties witnessed the construction of some of the most luxurious apartment buildings ever designed: 740