Circa 1929 // ARCHITECT: Emery Roth // BUILDER: HRH Construction   The Beresford, running a full block front from 81st to 82nd Streets, is one of New York City’s most iconic apartment houses. It enjoys an enviable and rather unique location, facing south over the Museum of Natural...

Circa 1928 // ARCHITECT: Sugarman & Berger // BUILDER: S.S. Roth & Brothers   Sugarman & Berger are lesser-known architects who were working alongside Candela, Carpenter, and Roth during the 1920’s boom. Very talented, many of their better buildings command top dollar....

Circa 1925  //  ARCHITECT: Sugarman & Berger  //  BUILDER: Joseph E. Gilbert   This is a very attractive building capturing the classically inspired elegance of the mid 1920s. There is a three-story stone base, with deeply rusticated corners, and heavy stone blocks surrounding...

ARCHITECT: George F. Pelham I like this handsome building on the south side of the street. The facade of this red brick building is embellished by a single-story, deeply rusticated stone base. The second floor windows are embellished with elaborate stone surrounds, effectively transitioning...

Circa 1930 // ARCHITECTS: Schwartz & Gross // BUILDER: Bricken Construction Corp.   Some people consider this the most prestigious building on Central Park West. The facade is really a tour-de-force (albeit a bit marred presently due to some haphazard window replacements). The full...

Circa 1930 // ARCHITECT: Margon & Holder, Emery Roth // BUILDER: Elkay Builders Corp.   The El Dorado is another of the great skyline buildings of Central Park West. Roth gets credit for the building’s superb floor plan, and Bronx-based Margon & Holder get the credit for the...

Circa 1929  //  ARCHITECT: Boak & Paris  //  BUILDER: Frymier & Hanna Co.   I have loved this building way up on CPW for years! It is just a jewel of restrained Art Deco design, with various other stylistic influences. A favorite decorative element, easy to miss, are the...

Emery Roth (Born in Sečovce, Austria-Hungary — now Slovakia — 1871, died New York City in 1948), is best known for defining the skyline along Central Park West, and designing the first twin towered building along that avenue. Roth was born to a comfortable, non-observant Jewish family. He...

Circa 1930   Located right off Central Park West on a really pretty block. This beige brick building is a restrained, yet confident example of Art Deco styling. The vertical spandrels in the facade’s central section take the eye skyward. There are no unbroken horizontal elements...

Circa 1929  //  ARCHITECT: Emery Roth  //  BUILDER: HRH Construction   The San Remo is on everyone’s list of the best buildings in New York, and is frequently mentioned on lists of the most architecturally impressive. This was the first twin-towered apartment house built in New...