The Rushmore, 80 Riverside Boulevard: Review and Ratings

Review of 80 Riverside Boulevard by Carter Horsley

The Rushmore is an impressive, 42-story, twin-towered residential condominium development at 80 Riverside Boulevard that occupies the blockfront between 64th and 63rd Streets. 

It is across 64th Street from The Avery, a 30-story condominium development. Both are projects of the Extell Development Corporation on land acquired from Donald Trump, who developed several residential towers just to the north.

The Rushmore was designed by Costas Kondylis and Partners, the architectural firm that also designed the Avery and many of Mr. Trump's projects.

The 425-foot-high Rushmore has 271 one- to five-bedroom apartments.

The building was completed win 2008.

Bottom Line

One of the tallest developments along Riverside Boulevard, this twin-towered building has slender towers with illuminated tops and many amenities.

Description

The Rushmore has a 16-story base with corner windows at the north and south and a setback at the 4th floor in the center of the blockfront. The twin towers are setback and are joined at the lower three floors. 

The tops of the relatively slender towers are illuminated at night.

Mr. Kondylis has borrowed a stylistic treatment of the towers from Cesar Pelli's World Financial Center at Battery Park City where the upper part of the towers have slightly protruding sections with different fenestration patterns.

Mr. Kondylis has kept his towers symmetrical and the protruding sections stop at the 34th story and the top five floors have a banded fenestration pattern reflecting the fact that are "penthouse" units.

Amenities

The building has a swimming pool, La Palestrina Fitness and Wellness Services, a 185-car garage, a children’s playroom designed by Kidville, NY, a billiards room, Abigail Michaels concierge, a bicycle room and a theater and entertainment suite.

Apartments

Residents were offered a choice of three kitchen designs with fixtures by Sub-Zero, Viking, Miele; bathrooms have fixtures by Kohler and Waterworks.

The floor plan of the full-floor Penthouse A indicated that the apartment has an entrance gallery that leads to a very large living and dining room space with a fireplace and also has four bedrooms and a large family room and kitchen area facing the Hudson River.

The building has 6 duplex apartments entered on the ground floor. Floors 2 and 3 have 22 apartments. Floors 4, 5 and 6 have 18 apartments. Floors 7 through 14 have 10 apartments. Floors 15 through 17 have 6 apartments. Floors 18 through 36 in each tower have 2 apartments. Floors 37 through 41 in each tower have one apartment.

Apartment A on the third floor is a two-bedroom unit that has an 11-foot-long entry foyer that opens into a 22-foot-long great room, which leads to a 40-foot-long terrace.

Apartment E on the third floor is a three-bedroom unit that has a 10-foot-long foyer that leads to a 23-foot-long great room next to an enclosed 10-foot-long kitchen.

Apartment L on the third floor is a four-bedroom unit that has an 11-foot-long foyer that leads to a long corridor that opens to a 26-foot-long corner great room next to an enclosed large family room with kitchen.

Apartment M on floors 6 through 12 is a four-bedroom unit that has a 10-foot-foyer that leads to a long corridor and a 27-foot-long corner great room that opens onto a 12-foot-long family room adjacent to an enclosed 14-foot-long kitchen.

Apartment U on floors 4 through 7 is a four-bedroom unit that has a 10-foot-long foyer that opens onto a 13-foot-long gallery that opens onto a 13-foot-long dining room and a 17-foot-long living room next to a 15-foot-long family room and an enclosed kitchen.

Apartment L on floors 6 through 16 is a three-bedroom unit facing the Hudson River with a 12-foot-long entrance foyer that leads to a 27-foot-long living room that adjoins at 15-foot-long dining room next to an enclosed, eat-in, 17-foot-long kitchen.

Apartment D on floors 8 through 14 is a one-bedroom unit that faces north with a 15-foot-long living room with a pass-through kitchen.

Apartment D on floors 20 through 38 is a three-bedroom unit at the south end of the south tower with an 8-foot-long entry foyer that leads to a 22-foot-long great room adjacent to an enclosed 16-foot-long eat-in kitchen.

Apartment B on floors 21 through 38 is a three-bedroom unit with a foyer that leads to a large living room that opens onto a large dining room next to a large enclosed eat-in kitchen.

Apartment S on the ground floor is a two-bedroom unit with a 9-foot-long foyer that leads to a 21-foot-long great room with an open kitchen.

History

Alex Rodriguez sold his 3,585-square-foot full-floor apartment on the 35^th floor of the buiding for $6.6 million in 2012. He had paid about $5.5 million for it in 2011.