Upper West Side

It exudes cosmopolitanism and is the city's most European building.

Despite the ravages of time, the building still reeks of sophistication and romance and a mannered luxury more of decadence than gentility. It is exuberant rather (read more)

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The neo-Romanesque structure was typical of the Masonic "temples" in its decoration, which included secret symbols. (read more)

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Designed by Costas Kondylis of Philip Birnbaum & Associates, this red-brick, 308-unit building is most notable for its oculi–circular openings and motifs—on its top five floors and around much of its base above the retail spaces and in the middle of a three-story, white-colored base.

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Quite welcome are its large rounded corners, a rarity still in New York. Although this tower's broad façade is along Broadway, its "showcase" façade, not surprisingly, faces south towards midtown. This façade is (read more)

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Its location on the northwest corner of Broadway at 72nd Street (in the lee of the taller Ansonia one block north) makes it highly visible from the south and its distinctive watertank enclosure (read more)

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The beige-brick building has an entrance marquee and a concierge, some Byzantine-style façade decoration, consistent fenestration, protruding air-conditioners, handsome entrance doors with a fanlight window, some decorative balconies, and a roof deck. It is down the street from the famous Dakota (read more)

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Ariel East is 37 stories and has 64 apartments and was designed by Cetra/Ruddy. It has 7 setbacks facing Broadway and is distinguished by its reflective-glass façade with red “piping” accents.

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Designed by Schuman, Lichtenstein, Claman & Efron, this rather boxy, 17-story is typical of much construction of the period: clean-cut, simple and efficient. The architects have thrown (read more)

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Not surprisingly, it was developed by William Zeckendorf Jr., and partners, who also pioneered the redevelopment of Union Square with Zeckendorf Towers and Eighth Avenue with the World Wide Plaza complex.

The Columbia, which was designed by Liebman Williams Ellis Architects, is one of the Upper (read more)

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Its double-dormered mansard roof, large bay windows and very elegantly rusticated facade could easily make it mistaken for a sumptuous mansion except for its 12-story height.

Built in 1907 as the Hotel Hargrave, it was designed by Frederick C. Browne and was converted to a condominium in 1989 and has 66 apartments.

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The beige-brick, Italian-Renaissance-palazzo-style building has a one-story rusticated limestone base and a canopied entrance that leads to a step-down lobby. It has an unusual and attractive roofline with a small cornice topped by 6 finials. The second floor (read more)

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The preservation of the low-rise, terra-cotta building and setting back of the tower was most praiseworthy as the three-story building with its large arched windows and white terra-cotta façade is one of the handsomest small buildings along (read more)

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It has a three-story stone base and a pleasant and pronounced decorative trim window treatment on the fourth floor.

Built in 1920, it was converted to a condominium in 1985 and has 92 apartments.

Centrally located on the Upper West Side, it is not far from (read more)

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The beige-brick building has a concierge, a canopied entrance and a nice, bright lobby. The building has no garage, no balconies, no health club, no roof deck and no sidewalk landscaping.

There is excellent cross-town bus service and (read more)

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Erected in 1920 and converted to a condominium in 1989, the 11-story, red-brick building has 91 apartments.

Midway between Central Park and Riverside Park, the building is close to a subway station and Zabar's, the famous food store, (read more)

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Although it was built in 2005, it looks as if it were a handsome pre-war apartment building with double-paned windows and a nice cornice.

Cavan Development was the developer and HLW the architect.

The narrow building is very close to Zabar’s, the famous food store on Broadway at (read more)

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The 21-story, red-brick, mid-block building has only 37 apartments.

The building is distinguished by vey nice decorative air-conditioner grills on the third floor and a two-story limestone entrance surround. Decorative limestone pilasters rise up to the fifth floor and again (read more)

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The result was a group of new apartment buildings that were considerably more attractive and much more contextual than those of the previous building generation that generally were eyesores.

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The 19-story, mid-block building has a large marquee, a health club, a doorman and a two-story granite base. The building has attractive, black-metal balconies at its sides that are flush with the facade and nice air-conditioning grills.

It is one of the few buildings on (read more)

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The building has a one-story limestone base, a canopied entrance with a concierge, consistent fenestration, discrete air-conditioners, spiked sidewalk landscaping, a roof deck and a garage.

It has no balconies, no fireplaces, and no health club.

This is a central Upper East Side location that is (read more)

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The building occupies the full block between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue and 73rd and 74th Street and dominates Verdi Square and the adjoining express subway station pavilion.

The apartments have their own entrance at 2112 Broadway.

The huge and grand, four-story (read more)

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The building has a one-story, rusticated limestone base, a very nice lobby with a fireplace, decorative balconies above the fourth floor and blow the second floor from the top. It has a doorman, one-step-up entrance, protruding air-conditioners, no sidewalk landscaping, no health club, no roof deck and (read more)

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It is a 31-story tower with 73 apartments at 2633 Broadway and it was designed by Cook & Fox. It has a few setbacks and a slab form. It is (read more)

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Erected in 1908, this 12-story building was converted to a condominium in 1984 and has only 35 apartments.

Although many buildings on this block are low-rise and have many neighborhood stores, this (read more)

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Completed in 1985, it was designed by David Roth for Geloda-Briarwood and Vincent Riso. The building has a sundeck, a children's playroom, a private garden, video security, laundry facilities in each apartment, a garage, a health club, a concierge (read more)

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