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Diamonds made out of Stone – Apartments at 15 Central Park West

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the year was 2004, a consortium of investors including Arthur Lie Zeckendorf, William Lie Zeckendorf, the Whitehall Fund of Goldman Sachs and Eyal Ofer acquired the full-block site known today as 15 Central Park West aka 15 CPW situated between Central Park West and Broadway, 61st and 62nd Streets in Manhattan next to Trump International.

15 Central Park West

15 Central Park West

15 Central Park West is designed by esteemed architect and New York City historian Mr. Stern, who has designed many buildings across NYC among the well known high-rise the Chatham at 181 East 65th Street, TriBeCa Park at 400 Chambers Street in Battery Park City and Westminster at 180 West 20th Street.  Robert A.M. Stern is known as a Post-Modern architect as well as one of the country’s foremost architectural historians.

Turn of the century-with all the enduring comforts of the highest-end luxury building ever built. The building carries on a legacy established by New Yorks most prestigious prewar residences.

Traditional features include a motor court, two distinct entrances, a majestic lobby with two fireplaces, a fully stocked private library, a room for entertaining on an extravagant scale, street level gardens and an outdoor terrace, and residents-only services including a private chef, a 24-hour doorman, and concierge. Hallmarks of a truly contemporary sensibility encompass oversized windows, a 14,000-square-foot fitness center, a screening room designed by Theo Kalimakis, and wine cellar storage, a business center, and onsite garage with valet parking.

Apartments have wood-burning fireplaces, and residents have a private dining room which can accommodate up to 60 guests with room service and a private chef, a private screening room designed by Theo Kalomirakis, a business center, a game room with a billiard table, full-time maid and maintenance services, individual wine cellars, bicycle storage rooms, private storage units and a 13,500-square-foot fitness center with a 75-foot swimming pool with skylights illuminated by the reflecting pool in the garden above.

Just steps from Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall, this distinctive parkside address is one of the few new limestone buildings to grace the New York skyline in the last 100 years. A truly rarified environment. Extraordinary quality, space, light, and privacy. Building Amenities Doorman Laundry in Building Swimming Pool Elevator Pets Allowed

Apartments, it continued, “will range from full-floor penthouses (6,617 square feet), to terraced duplex penthouses (6,139 square feet), to oversized one-bedroom apartments (1,026 square feet).”

The tower and the Central Park West building are separated by a 60-foot-wide street-level, walled open space. On 61st Street, that space has a turnaround driveway, or “motor court,” with motorized sliding gates. On 62nd Street, the space is walled but has grills that enable pedestrians to see into it. This northern space is landscaped with a reflecting pool that serves as a skylight for a swimming pool underneath in the project’s fitness center. In the middle of the through-block space there is an oval entrance pavilion and the through-block space also has a through-block pedestrian arcade.

 

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