This Upper West Side townhouse offers luxury in this world—and a longtime connection to the beyond.
The American Society for Psychological Research, a 138-year-old nonprofit dedicated to the study of “extraordinary or as yet unexplained phenomena,” has put its headquarters on the market for $15 million.
Founded in 1885, ASPR claims to be “the oldest psychological research organization in the United States” on its website, where it explains its focus on answering questions like “How does the mind relate to matter, energy, space, and time? In what inexplicable ways do we connect with the universe and each other?”
The group lists a number of intellectuals and inventors among its alumni, including Chester Carlson, who invented the Xerox, dream researcher Montague Ullman and quantum physicist David Bohm. Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, the group notes, “were honorary members.”
While the group continues to explore such heady concepts, one thing is certain: they want to part with the luxury address. The current listing is not ASPR’s first but second attempt to offload the 10,000-square-foot townhouse, Crain’s reports. In 2019, the Society first attempted to sell the 18-room property for $18 million through Sotheby’s International Realty.
Now, Compass agents Charlie Attias, Alexandra Loeb and David Attias have the 5 W’s. 73rd St. list for a reduced $15 million.
Located across the street from the Dakota, the Beaux-Arts estate has all the pre-war details, including nine original fireplaces – all imported from Italy – an original circular staircase framed by a skylight, an inlaid marble floor and a red brick and limestone facade. The estate is 20 feet wide and was designed by the architectural firm of Welch, Smith and Provot, also responsible for the Duke-Semans mansion on Fifth Avenue.
