The Corinthian (New York)
| The Corinthian | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Type | Mixed use, predominately apartment building |
| Location | 645 First Avenue[1] Manhattan, New York City |
| Coordinates | 40°44′47″N 73°58′21″W / 40.746485°N 73.972557°WCoordinates: 40°44′47″N 73°58′21″W / 40.746485°N 73.972557°W |
| Completed | 1987[1] |
| Height | |
| Roof | 166 m (545 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 57 |
| Design and construction | |
| Management | Rose Associates |
| Developer | Bernard Spitzer |
The Corinthian is a 55-story apartment building that was New York City's largest apartment building when it opened in 1988. It was designed by Der Scutt, design architect, and Michael Schimenti.[1] Its fluted towers with bay windows are unusual compared to the traditional boxy shape of buildings in the city, and it bears a resemblance to Marina City and Lake Point Tower in Chicago. The building incorporates a portion of the former East Side Airlines Terminal designed by John B. Peterkin and opened in 1953.[2][3]
At 1,100,000 square feet (100,000 m2) it is the largest project of Bernard Spitzer, father of former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer.[2] It occupies a full block between First and Second Avenues and between East 37th and 38th Streets, and overlooks the Manhattan entrance to the Queens-Midtown Tunnel. It has 846 apartments, 125,000 square feet (11,600 m2) of commercial space on the first through third floors, a 48,000-square-foot (4,500 m2) garage and roof deck.
At the entrance to the building is a cascading, semicircular waterfall fountain and an Aristides Demetrios bronze sculpture, "Peirene." Its lobby is 90 feet (27 m) long and 28 feet (8.5 m) high.
[edit] References
- Notes
- ^ a b c White, Norval & Willensky, Elliot (2000). AIA Guide to New York City (4th ed.). New York: Three Rivers Press. ISBN 0812931076., pp.219-220
- ^ a b Bagli, Charles V. (August 21, 2005). "Developers Find Newest Frontier on the East Side". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/21/nyregion/21eastside.html. Retrieved 2010-07-19.
- ^ Schwab, Armand Jr. (July 18, 1954). "Seven-Month-Old Air Terminal Doing Good Job for Just About Everyone". The New York Times: p. X15. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F3071EFC395E107B93CAA8178CD85F408585F9. Retrieved 2010-07-19.
[edit] External links
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