Tour a Super Luxurious Manhattan Apartment With Central Park Views

Built in 2008, 15 Central Park West pays homage to Manhattan’s Gilded Age skyscrapers and has attracted residents like Sting, Robert De Niro and Denzel Washington. When Apartment 9A’s current owner moved in, she tasked architect Jeffrey Beers with tailoring the four-bedroom, 4,565-square-foot space to suit both her family and the contemporary paintings, photography and sculpture she’s collected on her travels. Jeffrey walked HGTV through the details of his transformation, and real estate broker Emily Beare offered a gallery tour of all of that eye-popping art including a sculpture to the left of the window of Nelson Mandela.

Intricate, scene-stealing pieces like the one at left (a felt collage by South African artist Jody Paulsen) offer an unforgettable welcome. “Upon entering the apartment, there is a ‘wow’ moment in the beautifully designed foyer and anticipation of what is to come,” Emily says. The view from a home’s entrance is its thesis statement; this one has an exclamation point.

Jeffrey renovated the apartment with an eye to making the most of his client’s art collection. “We had to pay close attention to how the natural light flowed in as well as carefully design and plan the lighting of each piece,” he explains. “Beyond working around the incredible views, we were excited to design a layout that echoed the energy of downtown and that felt like a modern gallery space.”

The living room is a showstopper in a purely visual sense; it’s even more overwhelming when you know a bit of its story. The trio of portraits on the north wall are by South African documentary photographer Guy Tillim: “the owner worked with child soldiers in Congo so these photographs are very meaningful,” Emily says.