Penthouse 15 East is a grand duplex with 5 bedrooms, 5 baths and 1 powder room, offering direct elevator entry, furnishable private foyer and formal reception area. The gracious floor plan includes a dining room, bar, large eat-in kitchen, family room with adjacent bedroom and full bath, and a private set-back terrace and loggia off of the living spaces. The spacious master suite includes a windowed sitting room with southern light, 5-fixture master bath and oversized dressing room with custom millwork closets. With impeccable design inside and out by William Sofield, interior details include solid white oak floors, in herringbone pattern in living rooms; custom wood trim and casings, Nanz hand-cast hardware and slab stone bathrooms. The hand painted Christopher Peacock kitchen features statuary stone slab counters with custom carved edges, prep sink at island, Sub-Zero refrigerator, Wolf six-burner range, two Miele dishwashers, Sub-Zero wine refrigerator and Kallista Jeton fittings designed by Studio Sofield specifically for 135 East 79th Street. A separate service entrance with private corridor and service/freight elevator is accessible on each floor. Initial occupancy late 2013.