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Linda and Leonard Goldberg
trade quiet suburban living
for luxury in Fort Lee
COMPILED BY AMELIA DUGGAN
PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF PETER RYMWID
INTERIOR DESIGNER: LAURIE HARROW, NEW YORK CITY
CONTRACTOR: JONATHAN HATCHUAL,
SOHO BUILDING AND REMODELING, FORT LEE
KITCHEN DESIGNER: KOBI AHARON,
MODIANI KITCHENS, ENGLEWOOD
W
ith their children grown and out of the house,
Linda and Leonard Goldberg moved from
Rockland County’s Chestnut Ridge, N.Y.,
to a two-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bathroom,
2,500-square-foot penthouse in The Plaza,
a high-rise building in Fort Lee. Their
neighborhood was filling up fast with young families and
they decided it was time for a change.
Linda was a speech pathologist and Leonard was a general
manager for Prudential Insurance Company. They hired New
York City decorator Laurie Harrow, a family friend and their
decorator from years earlier, to gut and decorate the space. She
eliminated walls, created push-outs onto the balconies, turned a
powder room into a laundry room, installed new stone flooring
and helped incorporate the existing contemporary furniture from
the Goldbergs’ previous renovated and decorated apartment.
“The apartment design could not have been so successfully
achieved without the foresight and perfection of our designer,
Laurie Harrow,” says Linda.
Designed in New York loft post-minimalist style, the
apartment features all-new windows, Jerusalem stone tile
floors, Waterworks bathroom tiles and furniture from B&B Italia,
Design Within Reach, Knoll, Saarinen, Brueton, Desiron and
Poltrona Frau. The only original furniture that remained was
a coffee table, a dining room set and some kitchen chairs.
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FALL 2015 (201) GOLD COAST