- Year built
- 1910
- Type
- Condominium
- Landmark
- No
- Amenities
- Full-time doorman, keyed elevator entry, central air conditioning; private outdoor space in the penthouse
Every recorded sale at this building, 2003–2024
Price-per-square-foot over time, the line- and floor-premium curves, and every recorded sale.
- Median $/sf
- $1,730
- Listing discount
- 6.3%
- Recorded sales
- 11
- On record
- 2003–2024
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City Prairie occupies a twelve-story commercial loft building designed by Samuel Sass in 1910 at Seventh Avenue and West 17th Street. Its brick-and-stone construction, broad windows and large floor plates carried forward into Tamarkin Company's condominium conversion. The building offers full-floor residences with direct elevator access and a staffed entrance.
The apartments reflect separate interior projects: bedroom placement, enclosed studies and the division between living and dining areas differ from floor to floor.
Architecture and unit composition
The red-brick exterior has large multi-pane windows and a rooftop water tank. The corner provides exposures along two public streets, while the building's irregular footprint creates additional windowed elevations toward the interior of the block. Ceiling heights of roughly eleven to twelve feet and extensive glazing support deep living spaces within the former commercial floors.
Full-floor lofts can accommodate several bedrooms alongside broad reception areas. Some retain long open stretches across the floor; others divide more of the interior into enclosed rooms. The penthouse adds private roof-level outdoor space. Later interior renovations account for part of this variation.
Direct elevator entry reduces the amount of common corridor space on the residential floors. It also places the apartment entrance within the principal floor plate. The relationship between that arrival point, bedroom hallways and the open living area is an important practical difference among the layouts.
Building operations
A full-time doorman serves the residential entrance. Central air conditioning operates within the lofts, with cooling equipment on the roof. DOB issued a letter of completion for cooling-tower replacement in May 2025, followed by completion of chimney-liner and oil-tank-removal work in May 2026. Façade restoration and railing work received a letter of completion in November 2023.
The condominium contains residential tax lots and a separate commercial lot. Shared structure and building systems therefore sit alongside distinct residential and commercial uses. The Class 2 residential assessments do not have the growth caps that apply to small Class 2C condominiums.
Recent sales
Recent closings at this building, curated by The Roebling Team research desk. Prices are the transfer amounts recorded with the NYC Department of Finance; apartment-level detail is checked against the building’s own file in The Roebling Research Library before publishing.
| Date | Unit | Apartment | Price | PPSF | vs. Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 2024 | 6 | 5 BR · 5.5 BA · 5,664 sf | $9,800,000 | $1,730/sf | off-mkt |
| Jun 27, 2019 | 8 | 4 BR · 3 BA · 5,664 sf | $9,750,000 | $1,721/sf | -7.1% |
| Dec 12, 2012 | 12 | 4 BR · 4.5 BA · 5,664 sf | $15,000,000 | $2,648/sf | -6.3% |
| Dec 11, 2012 | PH | 5,664 sf | $15,000,000 | $2,648/sf | off-mkt |
| Nov 26, 2009 | LOFT7 | 5 BR · 5,600 sf | $8,950,000 | $1,598/sf | +0.0% |
| Jul 23, 2008 | 10 | 5,664 sf | $6,928,571 | $1,223/sf | off-mkt |
| Jul 23, 2008 | 11 | 5,664 sf | $7,621,428 | $1,346/sf | off-mkt |
| Aug 1, 2007 | 7 | 5 BR · 5,664 sf | $8,750,000 | $1,545/sf | off-mkt |
Market read. Most recent trades (2024) cleared a median $1,730/sf across 1 sale. Median listing discount 6.3% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy.
The retrade record
Lines that have traded more than once in the public record — the building’s appreciation arc, apartment by apartment.
Full closing history with price-per-square-foot over time, the complete retrade record, and every line that has traded.
Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-00766-7503) and verified listing data. Apartment-level facts (line, condition, asking-price context) curated and cross-verified by The Roebling Team research desk. Not all transactions cross-verify with ACRIS records — sponsor and LLC purchases sometimes record at stipulated values rather than market price; square footage from recorded condo declarations and offering plans.
Buying here? Condo closing costs with a mortgage typically run 3 to 6% of the price. See NYC co-op and condo closing costs, line by line.
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Comparable buildings
- The Dorian — a nearby prewar condominium with a similarly small residential inventory and tall loft-building form.
- 136 West 17th Street — a small condominium on the same street for comparing large floor plates and direct-entry layouts.
- 126 West 16th Street — another prewar condominium of comparable association scale.
- The Chainworks Building — a historic loft condominium that offers a close architectural and tenure comparison.
- 129 West 20th Street — an older loft condominium with fewer floors and a similar number of owners.
More Chelsea buildings
- 100 West 15th Street — 1920 co-op
- 100 West 18th Street — 2006 condominium
- 101 West 24th Street (Chelsea Stratus) — condominium by SLCE Architects
- 107 West 25th Street — 1905 co-op
- 110 West 25th Street — 1913 condominium
- 110 West 17th Street — 1920 condominium
The neighborhood
For the full corridor — architecture, transit, and pricing across Chelsea — read The Roebling Team Guide to Chelsea.
How to read the facts on this page. Items attributed to an offering plan describe the building as it was offered at that filing — unit mix, square footage, the amenity program as planned. They are not a statement about how the building operates today. Tax and compliance figures are sourced separately to current City records and carry their own dates. House rules, staffing and fee policy can change by board resolution without any public filing: treat every policy line here as a starting point for diligence and confirm it with the managing agent. Where this page compares one building or neighborhood to another, that is our analysis of the recorded record — it names the measure, the period and the sample it rests on, and it is an observation about medians rather than a prediction about any particular apartment.
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