A three-apartment Upper East Side combo in a Beaux Arts limestone building off of Fifth Avenue has come to market for $22.5 million. The home was renovated by its most recent owners to include Art Nouveau flourishes—that bowing asymmetrical doorframe, the individualized banister—as well as more modern entertaining spaces like the double-height dining room with overhead glass barricades and a kitchen with a built-in espresso machine. The home last came to market in 2011 for $22.75 million but appears not to have sold. Not pictured, the 5,000-plus-square-foot apartment also has a soundproof library with French walnut cabinetry and a 350-bottle wine room.

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