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Stribling selling soprano's home.


Recently owned and occupied by Anna Moffo The American soprano Anna Moffo (born on June 27, 1932 [1] — March 9, 2006)[2] was an opera soprano primarily active in the 1960s. During her heyday, Moffo was much admired for the purity of her voice and her great physical beauty.  Sarnoff, one of the twentieth century's greatest sopranos, Stribling is offering the spectacular prewar pre·war  
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relating to the period before a war, esp. before World War I or II

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 10 room penthouse penthouse

Enclosed area on top of a building. A penthouse can be an apartment on the roof or top floor of a building or a structure on the roof housing the top of an elevator shaft, air-conditioning equipment, or stairs leading to the roof.
 located just off Sutton Place Sutton Place may refer to places in England and the United States: Places in England
  • Sutton Place, Surrey, (1529)
  • Sutton Place, Hackney Georgian terrace
Places in the United States
, at 400 East 59th Street.

The asking price is $4,450,000. Cathy Taub, senior vice president, is the exclusive sales and marketing agent.

Built in 1929, the apartment retains many of its original elegant features, such as beautiful herringbone and parquet floors, high ceilings and Palladian casement windows.

Known for her singular ability to entertain, both on the stage and off, Anna Moffo and her husband designed the apartment as the ultimate couple's residence and put to great and regular use the dramatic entertaining space, accented by wrap terrace and highlighted by the one-of-a kind 33 foot long and 16 foot high glass solarium, climatized for year-round use and offering stunning views south and west of the Chrysler and Citicorp buildings Citicorp Building is a 50-story (201 meters or 658 feet) office tower in Long Island City, Queens just outside of Manhattan. It was completed in 1990 by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP for the bank Citigroup. .

There is a formal dining room, library with adjacent study, wet bar, office, three full baths and powder room. Master bedroom, plus his and her dressing rooms and baths.

The upper level is ideally suited for use as a guest suite.
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