Manhattan, NY

Over a ten-year period from 1994-2004, Gans & Co. renovated and recombined apartments at 404 Riverside three times for a client as he married and started a family.

1. The client bought the library, dining room and living room of an apartment that had originally occupied an entire half floor of a 1904 building. The bathroom was housed in a free-standing steel and glass enclosure between the foyer and the library. The library became the kitchen, with views of the Hudson.

2. Unable to acquire the adjacent apartment, the expanding family bought the remote servant quarters of the original apartment, which we renovated as a suite of bedrooms and a bathroom. For several years, the family walked along the public hallways between these sleeping quarters and their original apartment.

3. The family acquired the apartment adjacent to their first property and divested themselves of the apartment down the hall. As part of this extensive final renovation, an expanded foyer with closets and a bathroom replaced the steel and glass shower under the skylight. The shower has found new life poolside at a friend's country home.

Project Team:

Gans and Company: Deborah Gans, Brian McGrath, Matthew Jelacic