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A room, a bath, a toilet with a view

At New York City's swankiest new apartments, private spaces have become quite public

Published Sun, Nov 16, 2014 · 09:50 PM

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    AMONG the many vertiginous renderings for the penthouse apartments at 432 Park Avenue, the nearly 1,400-foot-high Cuisenaire rod that topped off last month, is one of its 'master (or mistress) of the universe' bathrooms, a glittering, reflective container of glass and marble. The image shows a huge egg-shaped tub planted before a 10-foot-square window, 90 or more stories up. All of Lower Manhattan is spread out like the view from someone's private plane.

    Talk about power washing.

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