Finding my more definite apartment wasn't that easy although the housing market has softened, "thanks to" the deteriorated economic circumstances in this country and especially this city, hit by financial turmoil as one of the financial centres of the world. 
Manhattan consists of very different neighbourhoods with their own charm and characteristics. When searching for an apartment, it's important to know in which area you want to live and stick to what you think is important. And...NY apartments are well known for their little size and crappy maintenance... Anyway, to me the most important things were to be close to Central Park, to be able to walk to work and have daylight in the apartment. After looking into different possibilities I decided to live on the more west side, close to park and work: One Columbus Place, at the corner of 59th street and 9th Avenue, next to Columbus Circle which forms the South West corner of Central Park.
The apartment is part of a high rise building, 52 floors in total, and I'm on the 14th floor...facing south with a view on the Midtown skyline (towards 7th Avenue, Times Square).
It's a so-called 1BR (1 Bed Room) apartment with a separate kitchen and bedroom, apart from the living room. All three rooms have big windows facing south with a lot of light coming in during the day, one of the most important reasons for me to choose this one.
Here are some pictures to get a first impression, still unpacking as I moved in this week:
Manhattan consists of very different neighbourhoods with their own charm and characteristics. When searching for an apartment, it's important to know in which area you want to live and stick to what you think is important. And...NY apartments are well known for their little size and crappy maintenance... Anyway, to me the most important things were to be close to Central Park, to be able to walk to work and have daylight in the apartment. After looking into different possibilities I decided to live on the more west side, close to park and work: One Columbus Place, at the corner of 59th street and 9th Avenue, next to Columbus Circle which forms the South West corner of Central Park.
The apartment is part of a high rise building, 52 floors in total, and I'm on the 14th floor...facing south with a view on the Midtown skyline (towards 7th Avenue, Times Square).
It's a so-called 1BR (1 Bed Room) apartment with a separate kitchen and bedroom, apart from the living room. All three rooms have big windows facing south with a lot of light coming in during the day, one of the most important reasons for me to choose this one.
Here are some pictures to get a first impression, still unpacking as I moved in this week:
Living room
Sunny kitchen
'Spacious' bedroom
Hi Jan, we hope you have enjoyed living in One Columbus Place so far! We would love to see some more photos of the new apartment once you have unpacked some more.
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Brodsky