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"In New York City, prewar apartments come at a premium. Iconic addresses, like The Dakota, The Apthorp, The San Remo, get increasingly beautiful and expensive with age. Today, finding a prewar apartment in pristine condition is rare, because they either command stratospheric prices or have been subdivided into smaller one or two bedroom units. A new comprehensive coffee table tome out this month, Manhattan Classic by Geoffrey Lynch, opens the doors to the luxury buildings on Park Avenue and Central Park West and the more modest apartments throughout the city designed by the great prewar architects. What characteristics do these celebrated buildings share? Here, we breakdown their allure. 1. A facade comprised of three-story walls of smooth, thick limestone slabs, topped by ten or more stories of simple brick in earth tones.  Image courtesy of Princeton Architectural Press 2. Loads of custom built-ins (prewar apartments were designed to attract buyers reluctant to share a roof with other families).  Image courtesy of Princeton Architectural Press 3. Gracious ceilings (ten feet and up).  Image courtesy of Princeton Architectural Press 4. Herringbone wood floors.  Image courtesy of Princeton Architectural Press 5. Dramatic framed archways.  Image courtesy of Princeton Architectural Press 6. Handcrafted moldings.  Image courtesy of Princeton Architectural Press 7. Marble fireplaces.  Image courtesy of Princeton Architectural Press 8. Several windows in every room.  Image courtesy of Princeton Architectural Press "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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