101 Central Park West, Art Deco apartment building on Upper West Side, New York, US
101 Central Park West is a twelve-story Art Deco residential building with a limestone facade, located directly across from Central Park on the Upper West Side in Manhattan. Its large windows face the park on one side and the streets of the neighborhood on the other.
The architect Emory Roth designed the building in 1929, at a time when Art Deco was shaping the look of new residential construction across Manhattan. It was completed just before the Great Depression slowed building activity across the city.
The building stands where the Upper West Side's residential streets meet Central Park, and the neighborhood around it draws a mix of locals and visitors throughout the day. The area is home to the American Museum of Natural History, just a few blocks away, which gives the streets a steady flow of people at almost any hour.
The building is on Central Park West, with several subway stations within easy walking distance and the park itself directly across the street. This is a private residential building, so the interior is not open to visitors, but the facade can be seen clearly from the sidewalk.
Many apartments in the building have kept their original pre-war details, such as high ceilings, herringbone wood floors, and hand-carved trim. These features are rarely preserved in full in buildings of this age, which makes them a point of interest for anyone with a curiosity about early 20th-century New York interiors.
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