The Paterno is a

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 ...

apartment building located at 116th Street and Riverside Drive and also known as 440 Riverside Drive. The building is noted for its curved facade, impressive marble lobby with a

stained-glass Stained glass is coloured glass as a material or works created from it. Throughout its thousand-year history, the term has been applied almost exclusively to the windows of churches and other significant religious buildings. Although tradition ...

ceiling, and substantial porte-cochère. Across 116th Street, The Paterno faces the

Colosseum The Colosseum ( ; it, Colosseo ) is an oval amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, just east of the Roman Forum. It is the largest ancient amphitheatre ever built, and is still the largest standing amphitheatre in the world to ...

, another building with a similar curved facade. ''

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'' has said that the "opposing curves, (form) a gateway as impressive as any publicly built arch or plaza in New York. The Paterno and Colosseum were both developed by

Charles V. Paterno Charles Vincent Paterno (born Canio Paternò, August 4, 1878 – May 30, 1946) was an Italian-born American real estate developer. He was called the "Napoleon of the Manhattan Skyscraper Builders". Life and career Born in Castelmezzano, in the ...

and designed by the architectural firm of Schwartz & Gross. The Paterno has been featured in the films '' Enchanted'' and '' Enemies, a Love Story''.

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