Can you identify these posh NYC apartment buildings just by their ornate entrances?

1) As soon as often known as ‘the world’s largest and most full condominium home,’ this Italian-Renaissance complicated is likely one of the few buildings that occupies a complete metropolis block. It accommodates 175 flats ranging in measurement from six to 14 rooms. The constructing is constructed round a big, landscaped inside courtyard which is one the biggest within the metropolis. The constructing was additionally on the middle of an notorious 16-year- lengthy lease strike towards its landlord who finally bought it to an investor that renovated it into luxurious condos

2) ‘The Dowager Queen Mom of all luxurious flats in New York’ is an ornate Gilded Age complicated that includes a barrel-vaulted archway entrance that leads to an enormous inside courtyard the place carriages previously dropped off residents at certainly one of 4 separate lobbies. The edifice was accomplished in 1884 for Edward Clark, Singer Stitching Machine president; it is title stems from the builders fondness for Western names and territories. Residence to many celebrities over time, the complicated was additionally setting for the 1968 movie, Rosemary’s Child and the placement the place a world-famous rock star was assassinated in 1980 whereas leaving his condominium

3) This  architectural treasure is the final surviving grand courtyard constructing on ‘Billionaire’s Row.’ It options three arched Gothic-style entrances and a slew of facilities slew of facilities reminiscent of white-glove service, concierge, non-public elevator landings, and 24-hour doormen. Extra attention-grabbing is what exists deep within the basement of the buildings bowels – non-public prepare platforms  for industrial-era titans to hitch their non-public prepare vehicles onto public outbound Manhattan trains

4) This beautiful 12-story limestone facade constructing sits satisfaction of place in Manhattan’s Museum Mile. It was designed by McKim, Mead & White, the identical architectural agency that deliberate the principle campus of Columbia College and the unique Pennsylvania Station. The Italian Renaissance edifice was constructed by developer James T. Lee (Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis’ grandfather) and accomplished 1912

5) This turreted showstopper overlooks Central Park and was accomplished on the top of the Nice Despair which induced the constructing to enter foreclosures. It was the fictional tackle in Herman Wouk’s novel, Marjorie Morningstar and the actual tackle of celebrities like Alex Baldwin, Ron Howard, Bruce Willis and Sinclair Lewis who selected a tower condominium as a result of it had views of each bridge within the metropolis

6) This Artwork Deco stunner on Manhattan’s ‘Gold Coast’ has been certainly one of New York Metropolis’s richest and most lusted-after addresses. Accomplished in 1930 by James T. Lee (Jacqueline Kennedy’s grandfather), this 19-floor complicated has been dwelling to America’s wealthiest dynasties: Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Bouvier, Chrysler, Niarchos, Houghton, and Harkness—and a few trendy titans as nicely: David Koch, Edgar Bronfman, Ron Perelman, Steve Mnuchin, Woody Johnson and the CEO of Blackstone, Stephen Schwarzman. So unique they’ve denied Barbara Streisand, Neil Sedaka and a number of Russian billionaire oligarchs. Of the various facilities provided, the constructing refrigerates rubbish to include the odor

7) This Italian Renaissance landmark was accomplished in 1901 for the real-estate tycoon William Waldorf Astor who additionally owned and employed the identical architect that deigned the dazzling Apthorp constructing. Each complexes characteristic lush inside courtyards, arched entryways, and iron gates however this residence fell into disrepair in the course of the Seventies because the neighborhood crime skyrocketed. Numbers rackets and drug offers have been carried out in hallways whereas flats have been operated as brothels. Two of its extra noteworthy residents have been Danny Glover and Hugh Masekela

8) This 27-story tall constructing is likely one of the neighborhood’s grandest condominium homes. The construction is thought for its two iconic towers which can be topped with Renaissance-style Corinthian temples topped by 22-foot-high copper lanterns. Accomplished in 1930, it struggled with chapter in the course of the Nice Despair however is now one of the crucial fascinating and costly condominium buildings in Manhattan with costs starting from $3million to $75million. It is well-known residents embrace Demi Moore, Steven Spielberg, Donna Karan, Hedy Lamar, Steve Martin, Rita Hayworth, Dustin Hoffman, Glenn Shut, Tiger Woods, and Steve Jobs (who later bought his penthouse to Bono)

9) This 19-story Grand Dame was accomplished in 1929 and contains a grandiose carved limestone entrance that extends to the center of the fifth ground. Equally elaborate are the floral-paneled parapets and the nook carving of a ram’s head. Previous and present pennants embrace Samuel Newhouse, proprietor of Conde Nast Magazines, Lyman Bloomingdale, founding father of Bloomingdale’s division retailer and TV broadcaster, Mike Wallace

10) This grandiose Gothic constructing was constructed within the early twentieth century as artist lofts. Portrait artist Aaron Shikler produced work out condominium 4W for almost a century— sculptor Karl Bitter, finest identified for creating the sculptural components on the façade of the Metropolitan Museum of Artwork lived in Penthouse 13. The decrease home windows are adorned with ‘lacy arches’ over the home windows whereas the very dramatic Gothic foyer is  festooned with leaded glass home windows, grand columns, groin-vaulted ceilings, pendant chandeliers and bronze statues

11) This distinctive low-rise constructing stands out amongst its high-rise neighbors. The Tudor model complicated was designed and constructed by the Fred French Firm in 1918. The French Firm went on to construct ‘Tudor Metropolis’ within the East 40s and have become a ‘pioneer in penthouse dwelling’ having efficiently designed palatial flats for his household atop 1010 Fifth Avenue  and 1140 Fifth Avenue

12) This quirky entrance was the brainchild of architects and brothers George and Edward Blum whose uncommon aesthetic sense and intensive use of ornamental terra cotta yielded among the most distinctive condominium homes in New York. The complicated above is comprised of 320 flats with a typical backyard