The entrance to 239 Central Park West is hidden on the side street (West 84th Street), but it’s so elaborate it earned a spot in Andrew Alpern’s Posh Portals: The Entrances to New York’s Grandest Apartment Buildings. Name: 239 Central Park West Location: 239 Central Park West Year Completed: 1925 Architect: Sugarman & Berger, Henry […]
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Bolivar is a Georgian-styled co-op of red brick accented with white stone and terra cotta. Its 15 stories contain mostly smaller apartments – studios and 1 BR. Some apartments were combined, though, so even 4BR units are available. One four-bedroom unit sold for $10.3 million in 2016, according to StreetEasy NY. Seinfeld reportedly liked the
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101 Central Park West is a prestigious address, referred to as a “white glove” cooperative where apartments still include maids’ rooms, elevators still have operators, and price tags are in the millions. It’s plainer than some other famous Central Park West addresses, but still an impressive high rise from the Schwartz & Gross team. Name:
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91 Central Park West is another grand apartment building designed by the prolific Schwartz & Gross team, right across West 69th Street from their Brentmore. The neo-Renaissance high rise was completed in 1928. Name: 91 Central Park West Location: 91 Central Park West Year Completed: 1928 Architect: Schwartz & Gross Style: neo-Renaissance NYC Landmarks Preservation
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Brentmore’s U-shape plan gives the appearance of two buildings, when viewed from Central Park. Unlike its modern neighbor, Brentmore has the classical tripartite design of base, shaft, capital. The Beaux Arts/neo-Renaissance landmark was designed by prolific architects Schwartz & Gross, and completed in 1910. Name: Brentmore Location: 88 Central Park West Year Completed: 1910 Architect:
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75 Central Park West is a lesser-known work of a master of New York apartment house architecture, Rosario Candela. This building seems to have reversed the normal progression of older, luxury buildings: Apartments have been combined rather than divided; the original 55 units are now 48. Over the years, many of the windows have been
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2 West 67th Street, aka 70 Central Park West, is a studio building – most apartments have double-height windows for the benefit of artists who need abundant sunlight for their work. In fact, most of the block is lined with studio buildings – it’s an artists’ colony, of sorts. (Other notable studio buildings are the
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65 Central Park West is one of nine Central Park West landmarks* designed by famed Emery Roth. Less dramatic than Roth’s towered San Remo, Beresford, or El Dorado, this Neo-Renaissance co-op is still impressive New York architecture. The building’s location, across from Tavern on the Green and just a three-block walk from Lincoln Center, is
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15 West 81st Street holds its own on a block of impressive facades across from the monumental American Museum of Natural History. The block-through building is slightly taller than all except Emery Roth’s triple-towered Beresford, two doors away. It was the last building erected on the block. Name: 15 West 81st Street Location: 15 West
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Oliver Cromwell is one of Emery Roth’s fabulous residential towers. Although it is just off Central Park West (next door to the twin-towered Majestic), the Cromwell easily competes with CPW addresses for visual attention. Name: Oliver Cromwell Location: 12 West 72nd Street Year Completed: 1927 Architect: Emery Roth Style: neo-Renaissance NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission: Designation
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