20 Park Avenue embodies the best of old-style Park Avenue elegance, but offers those looking for a luxury Manhattan rental apartment some very contemporary amenities. Behind 20 Park Avenue's classic facade -- designed by noted Gotham architect Emery Roth and constructed in 1939 -- lies a very modern luxury high rise. Which makes 20 Park Avenue the most elegant of paradoxes: a pre-war rental apartment that offers classic pre-war apartment comforts such as high ceilings and spacious floor plans, while also offering everything NYC dwellers look for in a new construction luxury rental.

The 19-story, 98-unit building is one of several Roth designs in Murray Hill, but 20 Park Avenue is distinguished by its prime midtown location a short walk from the Metro-North hub at Grand Central Station and near the 4, 5, 6, 7, and Times Square shuttle subway lines. World-class restaurants, galleries, museums and nightlife are all nearby. Striking sidewalk landscaping also sets this classic brick structure apart from its Park Avenue South neighbors. With classic New York looks and an elegant address, 20 Park Avenue rates as an elite Manhattan rental property even before one considers the five-star renovation, undertaken by new owners Stonehenge Partners, that made its rental apartments among the finest in Murray Hill. That renovation, which brought the pre-war rental apartments at 20 Park Avenue into the 21st century, makes 20 Park Avenue an even more appealing rental listing. Few apartments for rent on Park Avenue South -- and few rental listings in Murray Hill, period -- offer so impressive a combination of classic pre-war apartment aesthetics and the contemporary comforts that abound at other top-tier Manhattan luxury rentals.

That renovation modernized the roomy rental apartments -- studio apartments, one bedroom apartments and two bedroom apartments are available, as is a terraced three-bedroom duplex penthouse -- and upgraded the stately building's infrastructure to contemporary state-of-the-art. 20 Park Avenue has spruced up passenger and service elevators, a new on-site laundry facility and a lovely, lovingly renovated lobby and hallways. 24-hour doorman service, a Park Avenue staple, comes standard. Among 20 Park Avenue's unique modern amenities is an interactive, on-line tenant network. 20 Park Avenue is also a pet-friendly property that welcomes shares. Uniquely welcoming and uncommonly distinguished, 20 Park Avenue is an elegant balance of classic and contemporary, and a quintessentially gracious New York living experience.