The Apartment by The Line

Specialties

A light-​filled aerie on SoHo’s Greene Street, The Apartment by The Line is the place to discover and purchase some of our favorite things in the intimate context of a home as well as to meet and learn more about the creators of quintessential things: their inspirations, ideas, processes, guiding traditions, and materials. These themes are the starting point for the discussions, workshops, screenings, and dinners that we host at The Apartment.

Our vision stems from a desire to pare back, strip down, and pull together – the search for refined, versatile, and honest goods. Built to last but never boring, these things are a mix of established favorites and our latest finds from emerging names across fashion, home, and beauty. They are «quintessential,» a slippery term with a broad scope. Discover storied objects united by their staying power and the intention of their making, and see how they work together in the context of a carefully considered life as you contemplate: What is Quintessential?

History

Established in 2013.

The Apartment’s own story dates to 1872, when it was an intricate sketch on the drawing board of Isaac F. Duckworth. A master of cast-​iron architecture, he looked to the eclectic baroque of the Second Empire to design a «commercial palace» worthy of the flourishing dry goods company owned by Gardner Colby (whose name lives on in the Maine college he endowed). Duckworth’s inspired mix of simple pilasters and ionic capitals, expansive bays and discreet fleur-​de-​lis accents looks just as stunning 140 years after the building opened for business.