Central Park West Photos

A swath of Manhattan running along the west side of Central Park is defined by fancy apartment buildings mostly built during the 1880s through 1930s.

See also: New York City Landmark Squares & Streetscapes, Lincoln Center
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Maine Monument (1913) by Attilio Piccirilli & architect H. van Buren Magonigle at Columbus Circle on Central Park.

Columbus Circle with Columbus Monument & Trump International Tower.

Columbus Monument (1892) by Gaetano Russo on Columbus Circle.

Trump International Hotel & Tower (1971) (15 Columbus Circle) (44 floors).
Architect: Philip Johnson + Thomas E. Stanley.

Central Park West streetscape over Central Park including Beresford Apartments.

Beresford Apartment (1929) (211 Central Park West) (20 floors). Architect: Emery Roth.

San Remo Apartments & other Central Park West buildings.

241 Central Park West (1931) (19 floors). Style: Art Deco. Architect: Schwartz & Gross.

The Bolivar (1926) (230 Central Park West} (15 floors) by Nathan Korn & The White House (1929) (262 Central Park West ) by Henry M. Sugarman & Berger.

279 Central Park West, St Urban Apartments, 295 Central Park West & The Eldorado along Central Park.

279 Central Park West (1988) (23 floors) by Costas Kondylis & Partners LLP Architects + St Urban Apartments (1905) (287 Central Park West) (13 floors) by Robert T. Lyons.

The Eldorado (1931) (300 Central Park West) (23 floors).
Architect: Emery Roth + Margon & Holder.

Tower of The Eldorado overlooking Central Park.

295 Central Park West (1941) by Emery Roth; The Eldorado & Ardsley Apartments along Central Park.

Ardsley Apartments (1931) (320 Central Park West) (20 floors) on left + other apartments. Architect: Emery Roth.

Central Park West entrance (1936) of American Museum of Natural History (1872). Architect: John Russell Pope. American Museum of Natural History & Rose Center for Earth & Space, New York

Beresford Apartment tower (1929) (211 Central Park West at 81st St.).
Architect: Emery Roth.

Baroque-style tower details of Beresford Apartment.

Beresford Apartments on Central Park West overlooks American Museum on Natural History.

Apartment buildings along 81st St. opposite Museum of Natural History.

The Kenilworth (1908) (151 Central Park West) (12 floors).
Style: Beaux Arts. Architect: Ralph Townsend, Steinle & Haskell.

Langham Building (1907) (135 Central Park West) (13 floors) beside San Remo Apartments.
Style: Beaux Arts. Architect: Clinton & Russell.

San Remo Apartments (1930) (145 Central Park West) (27 floors.).
Architect: Emery Roth.

The Dakota (1882) (1 West 72nd St. at Central Park West) (10 floors) beside San Remo Apartments. Architect: Henry J. Hardenbergh.

The Dorilton (1902) (171 West 71st St. at Broadway) (12 floors).
Style: Second Empire. Architect: Elisha Harris Janes & Richard Leopold Leo.

Giuseppe Verdi statue (1906) by Pasquale Civiletti (Broadway at 74th St.) in Verdi Square.

Modern apartment building at Broadway & 72nd St. plus The Ansonia beyond.

The Ansonia (1899-1904) (2109 Broadway at 72nd St.) (17 floors).
Style: Beaux Arts. Architect: Graves & Duboy.

First Baptist Church (1891) (265 West 79th St. at Broadway).
Architect: George M. Kaiser.

Heritage townhouses (125 West 77th St. ).

Brownstone townhouses off Central Park West.

Hearst Magazine Building (2004) (969 Eighth Ave. at West 47 St.) & other buildings at south end of Central Park.
Architect: Sir Norman Foster.


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