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Apthorp Building
The Apthorp is a historic condominium apartment building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City. The Renaissance Revival, Italian Renaissance Revival building designed by architects Clinton & Russell for William Waldorf Astor, was built between 1906 and 1908; it occupies the full block between Broadway (Manhattan), Broadway, West End Avenue, and West 78th Street (Manhattan), 78th and 79th Street (Manhattan), 79th Streets. The building, which has been called "monumental and magnificent", is built around a large interior courtyard. It was designated a List of New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan, New York City landmark in 1969, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The building was named for Charles Ward Apthorp, who owned Apthorp Farm, which encompassed about in Upper West Side#History, this part of Manhattan in the late 18th century. Design A three-story Rustication (architecture), rusticated base and the rustication of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manhattan
Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state of New York. Located near the southern tip of New York State, Manhattan is based in the Eastern Time Zone and constitutes both the geographical and demographic center of the Northeast megalopolis and the urban core of the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass. Over 58 million people live within 250 miles of Manhattan, which serves as New York City’s economic and administrative center, cultural identifier, and the city’s historical birthplace. Manhattan has been described as the cultural, financial, media, and entertainment capital of the world, is considered a safe haven for global real estate investors, and hosts the United Nations headquarters. New York City is the headquarters of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
