The Belnord is an
apartment building
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at
Broadway
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** Broadway (Manhattan), the street
**Broadway Theatre (53rd Stree ...
and
86th Street on the
Upper West Side
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of
Manhattan
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in
New York City
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. It is a
New York City Landmark
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and it was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1980.
Construction
The Belnord was designed in 1908 by the architectural firm of
Hiss and Weekes
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and finished construction in 1909.
The architect boasted to ''The New York Times'' that it was "largest apartment house in this country, if not in the world."
It had 175 apartments for rent, housing more than 1,500 people.
It is 13 stories tall and features
Italian Renaissance
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style decorative elements. One of a handful of full-block apartment buildings in New York, it features two massive, two-story grand archways that provide entrance to an inner courtyard (one of the largest in the city
) with landscaped gardens.
[ ''See also:'' ] Notable residents have included the writer
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Isaac Bashevis Singer ( yi, יצחק באַשעװיס זינגער; November 11, 1903 – July 24, 1991) was a Polish-born American Jewish writer who wrote and published first in Yiddish and later translated himself into English with the help ...
, actor
Zero Mostel
Samuel Joel "Zero" Mostel (February 28, 1915 – September 8, 1977) was an American actor, comedian, and singer. He is best known for his portrayal of comic characters such as Tevye on stage in ''Fiddler on the Roof'', Pseudolus on stage and on ...
and jazz impresario
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.
History
The building was acquired by
Extell Development Company in 1994 for $15 million.
For the next 20 years, Extell fought to deregulate the building and remove its rent-stabilized status. In March 2015, the residential portion of the building was sold to the
HFZ Capital Group
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History
Prior to launching H ...
for $575 million. HFZ hired architect
Robert A. M. Stern
Robert Arthur Morton Stern, usually credited as Robert A. M. Stern (born May 23, 1939), is a New York City–based architect, educator, and author. He is the founding partner of the architecture firm, Robert A.M. Stern Architects, also known a ...
to renovate 95 of the building's apartments, which would be sold as condos for a total value of over $1.35 billion.
The Belnord was used for exterior shots as the fictional Arconia Building in the comedic murder mystery series ''
Only Murders in the Building
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''.
See also
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The Apthorp
The Apthorp is a historic condominium apartment building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City. The Italian Renaissance Revival building designed by architects Clinton & Russell for William Waldorf Astor, was built between 1906 and ...
– another full-block apartment building with an interior courtyard
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Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan
Residential buildings completed in 1908
Renaissance Revival architecture in New York City
Full-block apartment buildings in New York City
Apartment buildings in New York City
New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan
Upper West Side
1908 establishments in New York City
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