You Have To See It To Believe It! Where Soho Meets The Upper West Side!Possible to re-establish the 4th bathroom to have 4.5 bathrooms total.Enjoy downtown loft living in this meticulously renovated eight room, five bedroom Upper West Side duplex with three and a half baths at 229 West 97th Street. The Powellton is a charming Prewar doorman building just off Broadway and steps the the express 2/3 subway lines. This grand space is renovated to perfection and offers a sense of scale, comfort, and luxury you will love to call home! This rare loft style UWS duplex features a spacious layout offering nearly 3,500 sqft, recessed and track lighting throughout and provides an abundance of storage and sleek modern finishes that will be easy to get used to. The gracious entry foyer leads you passed the Chef's kitchen with lounging area and into the dramatic 50 x 22-Foot wide Living/Dining room that boasts 12' ceilings, beautifully exposed brick walls, gorgeous Australian Jarrah wood flooring, a decorative fireplace and Southern light from a wall of over-sized windows. The expansive chef's kitchen comes equipped with a Miele built-in ventilation hood that vents out of the building. The kitchen features a Galaxy Black granite counter top center-island that is equipped with two freezers and open to the entertaining space. There are endless Mahogany custom cabinetry throughout and top-of-the-line Wolf and Sub-zero appliances including a 35-bottle temperature-controlled wine refrigerator and a built in flat screen TV. Every inch has been carefully considered using the finest materials and craftsmanship. This home also comes custom wired with the latest Audio/Visual system putting all music and home theater at the touch of your fingertips. It even has state of the art hidden speakers throughout nearly the entire first floor with a hidden sub-woofer in the kitchen ceiling and extra in-the-wall cabling if you feel the desire to extend the sound system to the second floor. On this floor you will also find a full bedroom with en-suite stone bath, which can be used as guestroom or live-in help, and a marble powder room for guests. This floor is absolutely perfect for entertaining while providing privacy for the bedrooms upstairs.As you ascend the brilliant floating staircase, you will find four more bedrooms, two full baths and a high end Washer/Dryer. The pin drop quiet Master Bedroom offers enormous custom built walk-in closets and a fabulous his and her bathroom with double teak vanity, jetted air tub and walk-in shower. The third bedroom / den offers a wet bar that can be converted back into a full bathroom. Continuing down the hallway you reach a fourth bedroom / windowed home office featuring custom pocket doors. At last tucked away you have the fifth bedroom with two walk in closets and another high end full bathroom built with Travertine stone, mosaic tile and marble. This bathroom includes a wall mounted pedestal sink and walk in glass shower.