Livin' large

Not only is musician Desmond Child "Livin' La Vida Loca," he actually wrote the Ricky Martin smash. And now Child (whose other hits include Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a Prayer," Aerosmith's "Dude [Looks Like a Lady]" and Katy Perry's "Waking Up in Vegas") wants a lot more than a song for his uptown co-op.

 

The songwriter/producer has listed his 2,700-square-foot, three-bedroom, 2«-bath residence at 1215 Fifth Ave. for $4.75 million. While the apartment does have a fancy address on Fifth Avenue's Museum Mile, the asking price of more than $1,750 per square foot for an eighth-floor apartment near 102nd Street in East Harlem might raise eyebrows.

 

The apartment is completely renovated and features an extra-large living room with a woodburning fireplace, an eat-in kitchen, a media room and a laundry room. Not surprisingly for a multiple Grammy Award-winner who has written more than 70 Top 40 singles and been inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, there's also a rather impressive high-tech sound and lighting system. The Corcoran Group's Barbara Brewster has the listing.