Casa 74


Casa 74, also known as 255 East 74th Street, is a 30-story, 87-apartment condominium building. It is situated at the corner of Second Avenue and East 74th Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City.
The building was developed by World-Wide Holdings Corporation. It was designed by Hugh Hardy's H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture together with SLCE Architects, and built in 2008.
The building contains primarily three-to-five bedroom apartments, duplexes, and penthouses, with ceilings. The largest apartments are.
The lower floors of the building house a Equinox gym. The building includes a children’s pavilion, and a private garden.
In 2008, apartments in the building sold for prices ranging up to $4,000-per-square-foot. In 2009, a penthouse was purchased for $12.98 million. Also in 2009, the developer rented out five of the building's apartments, at $13,000-per-month for three-bedroom apartments, and $18,000-per-month for a four-bedroom apartment.
Poet John Giorno lived at the address, when a small carriage house was located on the property, before the current building was built.