354 & 355 Central Park West View of 354 & 355 Central Park West from south east; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive 354 & 355 Central Park West by Tom Miller While magnificent palaces facing Central Park rose along Fifth Avenue in the 1880s, Central Park West sat mostly undeveloped. The problem was that landholders,...
455 Central Park West View of 455 Central Park West from south east; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive 455 Central Park West – The New York Cancer Hospital by Tom Miller At the same time that Charlotte Augusta Astor, wife of John Jacob Astor III, was actively supporting cancer research and the care of victims of the then-incurable disease,...
211 Central Park West View of 211 Central Park West from south east; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive 211 Central Park West – The Beresford by Tom Miller In 1928, four decades after it opened, the once-lavish Hotel Beresford was out of date. In August, the H. R. H. Construction Co. demolished the Victorian landmark and began...
230 Central Park West View of 230 Central Park West from south east; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive 230 Central Park West – The Hotel Bolivar by Tom Miller The 230 Central Park West Corp. was formed in 1926 specifically to erect a 15-story residential hotel on the southwest corner of West 83rd Street and Central Park West. Designed by...
262 Central Park West View of 262 Central Park West from south east; Courtesy NYC Municipal Archive 262 Central Park West by Tom Miller In 1927 Sisbrothers, Inc. hired the architectural firm of Sugarman & Berger to design an apartment building that would engulf the Central Park West blockfront from 86th to 87th Street. Unlike the modish...
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