Bring your architect to this elegant, prewar 8-room home overlooking Central Park. Perched on the 12th floor, this bright and airy residence of approx. 2,500 +/- sq ft. has a classic layout and beautiful prewar details, giving you the opportunity to create your ideal home. A spacious entrance gallery leads to adjoining living and dining rooms of gracious proportions, accented with a wood-burning fireplace, herringbone wood floors and side views over Central Park. Three large bedrooms, each with an ensuite bathroom, stretch across the eastern exposure, with direct, high floor views of Central Park. Off the gallery, a butler's pantry leads to a windowed kitchen and a fourth, ample sized bedroom and bathroom, as well as a washer/dryer. There is space to create a larger kitchen and/or breakfast room. Located in a prime Upper West Side location and built in 1926, 239 Central Park West is a stately, full-service prewar cooperative with 24-hour doormen and a live-in resident manager. There is a gym, private storage, central laundry and a bike room in the basement. Pets are permitted. 50% financing. There is a 2% flip tax paid by the purchaser.