The Corinthian (Manhattan)
| The Corinthian | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Mixed use, predominately apartment building |
| Location | 330 E 38th Street[1] Manhattan, New York City |
| Coordinates | 40°44′47″N 73°58′21″W / 40.746485°N 73.972557°W |
| Construction started | 1985 |
| Completed | 1988[1] |
| Management | Rose Associates |
| Height | |
| Roof | 166 m (545 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 58 |
| Lifts/elevators | 7 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Der Scutt |
| Developer | Bernard Spitzer |
| Structural engineer | Fischer & Redlien, P.C. |
| Main contractor | Kreisler Borg Florman |
The Corinthian is a 58-story apartment building that was New York City's largest apartment building when it opened in 1988.
Design
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]
Facts
At 1,100,000 square feet (100,000 m2) it is the largest project of Bernard Spitzer.[2] It occupies approximately two thirds of a city block between First Ave. and Tunnel Entrance Street and between East 37th and 38th Streets, and overlooks the Manhattan entrance to the Queens-Midtown Tunnel. It has 863 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.
References
- Notes
- ^ a b c White, Norval & Willensky, Elliot (2000). AIA Guide to New York City (4th ed.). New York: Three Rivers Press. ISBN 978-0-8129-3107-5., pp.219-220
- ^ a b Bagli, Charles V. (August 21, 2005). "Developers Find Newest Frontier on the East Side". The New York Times. 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. Retrieved 2010-07-19.
External links
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