penthouse redux
Suzanne Lovell returns one residence to
its former s splendor, only to turn
around and bring it into the present
text: carol tisch photography: thomas nowak
w hen Barry and Shauna Montgomery first looked at the site of their future home,
they weren’t impressed. Only after the building’s agent
pulled out the original architectural drawings from the
1920s, which revealed that the space had been split into
two apartments more than 20 years earlier, did they
become intrigued with the possibilities presented.
In a short six months, the 19th floor apartments
were reunited and the interior architecture restored
to its former glory, albeit a new and improved version
with room for modern-day touches. The penthouse
the Montgomerys call home today is a sophisticated
composition that combines classic elements with
contemporary overtones … where everything looks
exactly in its place, but where the effect is anything
but stilted.
