Hotel des Artistes (1 West 67th Street)

Pollard's design is among the most fully realized neo-Gothic studio buildings in the city. The façade combines Gothic arches, pinnacles, finials, and battlements with a sculptural program — the carved artists' heads, gargoyles, and busts across the base — that announces the building's purpose. Interiors carry the same vocabulary into the residences: English Renaissance-style paneling, beamed ceilings, Corinthian columns, and large fireplaces appear throughout the studio units.

The defining residential type is the double-height duplex studio: a two- or sometimes three-story living room with large industrial-scale sash windows, pushed to the rear of the H-plan for north light, with a balcony level holding the bedroom. The most celebrated unit was the Naumburg triplex penthouse — a 14-room, roughly 6,000-square-foot residence with 22-foot ceilings, whose interiors were later donated to a university museum and which traded again in recent years at the top of the building's range. The building holds approximately 119 residential units; the current configuration of any specific apartment — many have been combined or reconfigured over a century — should be confirmed during diligence.

The building was completed in 1917 and rises 18 stories.

The Hotel des Artistes operates as a fully staffed cooperative with full-time doorman and concierge service. The building's amenities reflect its origins as a self-contained artists' community: an indoor swimming pool, a fitness center with a squash court reputed to be among the oldest in the world, and a high-walled roof deck. Many of the building's original communal facilities — the theater, the ballroom that later served as a television studio — were long ago converted to other uses, and most apartments now have their own kitchens rather than relying on central meal service.

The building's ground-floor restaurant deserves specific note. The space housed the celebrated Café des Artistes — famous for its Howard Chandler Christy murals, painted by an early resident of the building — for roughly ninety years before it closed in 2009. Its successor, the Leopard at des Artistes, operated for about fifteen years and closed in February 2026. As of this writing the restaurant space is not in operation; a buyer should treat the ground-floor dining amenity as currently inactive and confirm its status at the time of any inquiry.

Pets are permitted. As a cooperative, the building reviews prospective purchasers through a board-approval process, and the board-financial policies — subletting, pied-à-terre use, financing limits, and any flip tax — are set by the board and the proprietary lease. These terms should be confirmed against the offering plan, house rules, and current board package during due diligence, as they are material to underwriting a purchase here.

Recent sales

Recent transfers at this building, from The Roebling Research Library. 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.

Market read. Most recent trades (2026 to date) cleared a median $1,712/sf (recorded) across 2 sales. Median listing discount 5.4% from the last ask — a recurring negotiation gap worth pricing into any offer or listing strategy.

Sales sourced from NYC Department of Finance recorded transfers (BBL 1-01120-0023). Apartment-level facts (line, condition, asking-price context) curated and cross-verified in The Roebling Research Library. Not all transactions cross-verify with ACRIS records — sponsor and LLC purchases sometimes record at stipulated values rather than market price; square footage on co-ops is not officially recorded, figures shown are approximate.

The building's resident history is documented in architectural and historical records and includes, across its century, a roster of artists, writers, and performers — among them the dancer Isadora Duncan, the actor Rudolph Valentino, the playwright Noel Coward, the illustrator Norman Rockwell, the critic Alexander Woollcott, the novelist Fannie Hurst (who held the triplex penthouse), the muralist Howard Chandler Christy, and New York Mayor John V. Lindsay. The roster reflects the building's founding purpose as a home for working artists; specific historical attributions should be understood as part of the building's documented history rather than current resident information.

The double-height studio is the whole point — make sure you want it. The building's signature residences are duplex studios with two-story living rooms and balcony bedrooms. They are spectacular and specific; buyers who want conventional flat layouts should look elsewhere, and buyers who want exactly this should recognize how rare the type is.

Underwrite the cooperative terms early. Financing limits, sublet policy, pied-à-terre rules, and any flip tax are set by the board and are not published publicly. Obtain the offering plan, house rules, and current board package, and model the board-qualification math, before going far down the path. Pets are permitted.

The location is a half-block off Central Park in a historic district. The building sits within the Upper West Side / Central Park West Historic District, steps from the Park, Lincoln Center, and the Central Park West corridor — a location that anchors the building's durable value.

Confirm the current state of the amenities. The pool, squash court, and roof deck are part of the building's appeal; the ground-floor restaurant is currently inactive. Confirm what is operating at the time of your inquiry.

Price on a per-room basis, but adjust for the studios. Standard co-op per-room comparison is the right starting frame, but the double-height units carry a premium that flat per-room math understates. Comparable analysis must be apartment-specific.

Plan for a cooperative timeline. Board application and approval add time relative to a condominium. Build the schedule accordingly.

Lead with the architecture and the history. The building's neo-Gothic studio character, double-height rooms, and documented artistic pedigree are the marketing story; apartment-specific marketing should foreground the original detail and the integrity of the studio layout.

Prepare the buyer for the board. Cooperative approval is substantive here. Sellers benefit from helping a serious, well-qualified buyer present a clean board package.

Price with apartment-level comparables. The right comparables are other des Artistes studios and combined units, adjusted for ceiling height, exposure, and condition — not generic Upper West Side co-op averages.

Closing timelines reflect cooperative process. Plan for the board-approval window in any timeline you set with a buyer.

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• The Langham — grand pre-war Central Park West rental building with large classical layouts
• The San Remo — twin-towered Central Park West cooperative, the trophy tier of the corridor
• The Century — Art Deco Central Park West residential alternative; confirm ownership form and the actual apartment layout
• 55 Central Park West — Art Deco cooperative on the Park with distinctive layouts
• The Beresford — Emery Roth's premier Central Park West cooperative for buyers prioritizing scale and pedigree
• 101 Central Park West — classic pre-war Central Park West cooperative a short distance north