When is a prewar Park Avenue duplex not a prewar Park Avenue duplex? When designer Eric Cohler makes it into something entirely unexpected. In this case, the result is not only more modern, but it looks like the original prewar digs have simply been treated to a light refresh by an art-loving modernist. Everything in this 5,500-square-foot co-op, however, is new—from the gleaming beams in the living room and the softly lit oval cove in the dining room ceiling to the cerused oak paneling in the study, the grand staircase, and the dark lacquered mahogany doors.
