Central Park Place
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| Central Park Place | |
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 Interactive map of the Central Park Place area | |
| General information | |
| Type | Residential |
| Location | 301 West 57th Street, Manhattan, New York |
| Coordinates | 40°46′02″N 73°58′59″W / 40.7671°N 73.9830°W |
| Construction started | December 1985 |
| Completed | 1988 |
| Height | |
| Roof | 628 ft (191 m) |
| Top floor | 585 ft (178 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 56 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Davis Brody Bond |
| Developer | William Zeckendorf Jr. |
| Main contractor | HRH Construction |
Central Park Place is a residential condominium building in the Hell's Kitchen and Midtown Manhattan neighborhoods of New York City. The building is at 301 West 57th Street, at the northwest corner with Eighth Avenue. Davis Brody Bond designed Central Park Place, which is 628 feet (191 m) tall with 56 stories. Central Park Place's facade is made of gray-green glass and aluminum panels, a color scheme intended to associate the building with the nearby Central Park.
Central Park Place was developed by William Zeckendorf Jr., who started acquiring land for the building in 1982. Initially, the tower was planned as a mixed-use development with office space and 310 apartments. After construction costs increased, Zeckendorf changed the plans to modify the number of apartments in the development, and split off the office component into another project. There were several controversies during the tower's construction, including an incident in which a pedestrian was killed by debris. Central Park Place was completed in 1988, and within two years, was almost fully occupied.
Central Park Place is on the border of the Hell's Kitchen and Midtown Manhattan neighborhoods of New York City, one block south of Columbus Circle and the southern border of Central Park. It is bounded by Eighth Avenue to the east and 57th Street to the south. The building faces 4 Columbus Circle and Deutsche Bank Center (formerly Time Warner Center) to the north, 2 Columbus Circle to the northeast, 3 Columbus Circle to the east, and the Hearst Tower to the south.[1] The site is a nearly square lot covering 10,042 square feet (932.9 m2), and measuring 100 by 100 feet (30.48 by 30.48 m).[2] Entrances to the New York City Subway's 59th Street–Columbus Circle station, served by the 1, A, B, C, and D trains, are within the base of the tower.[3]
Architecture
Central Park Place is 628 feet (191 m) tall with 56 stories.[4][5] It was designed by Davis, Brody & Associates, with Rosenwasser/Grossman Consulting Engineers as structural engineer.[5] The tower was built by HRH Construction.[6] The lowest six stories occupy the whole lot, while the upper stories are smaller.[7]
Facade
Central Park Place's facade is made of gray-green glass and aluminum panels. The color of the facade is intended to associate the building with the nearby Central Park.[8][9] Most apartments have bay windows that extend nearly the full height of the floor.[8] The windows measure 16 by 9 feet (4.9 by 2.7 m) and project from the facade, creating three-sided windows. There are several cantilevers from the facade, giving views of Central Park to some of the side apartments.[9] Architecture critic Carter Horsley said of the facade, "The pale green probably looked great in pastel renderings, but in reality, it is a bit weak-looking."[7]
Features
Central Park Place has 300 condominium apartments, which range from studio apartments to two-bedroom units.[7][10][11] When the building opened, the apartments ranged from $200,000 to $4 million.[8][10] There are four penthouses, the largest of which is a 4,200-square-foot (390 m2) unit on the 53rd floor.[12] The tower contains a swimming pool, a residents' health and fitness club, a party room, a residents' dining room, and four rooms for residents' guests.[7][8]
Judith Stockman and Associates was hired to design the lobby. The tower's developer William Zeckendorf Jr. wanted the design to relate to Central Park, so Stockman constructed the lobby with wooden wainscoting, marble surfaces, and brass ornamentation.[13] For his projects, Zeckendorf generally only accepted final drawings from architects after his interior design team approved them. For example, at Central Park Place, the bay windows were redesigned after their original dimensions were found to be too small.[9]
