Known for his eye-catching and sophisticated interiors, Rafael de Cárdenas is redefining luxury living in one of Manhattan’s oldest and most prestigious neighborhoods: the Upper East Side.

From an Alice in Wonderland-inspired playroom at 108 Leonard to an architect-designed space at the newly developed Sutton Tower, a new wave of high-design playrooms is taking over the city's residential buildings.

Amidst the reckoning that took place across the country in mid-2020, the phrase "master suite" has gradually gotten phased out of real estate listings in favor of less fraught terms like "primary suite" or "main bedroom." But while the name is changing, the definition has not: It refers to the largest bedroom in a home, one that typically comes with the most storage space and an en suite bathroom.

Façade installation is continuing on THE 74, a 32-story residential tower at 201 East 74th Street on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.

In the last few years, what was once a sleepy, unglamorous section of the Upper East Side — specifically the area east of Lexington Avenue — has become, somewhat improbably, a destination.