101 Central Park West Explained

101 Central Park West
Address:	101 Central Park West Manhattan, New York City 10023
Status:	Complete
Completion Date:	1929
Floor Count:	18

101 Central Park West is a residential building on Central Park West, between 70th and 71st Streets, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. The apartment building was constructed in 1929 in the Neo-Renaissance style by architects Simon Schwartz & Arthur Gross. It is next to The Majestic between 71st and 72nd Streets and Congregation Shearith Israel on 70th Street. The building is divided into three blocks which all consist of two elevator banks. Past and present residents of the building include Harrison Ford, Rick Moranis, Georgina Bloomberg, Noah Emmerich, Meyer Davis, and Rabbi Norman Lamm, the former chancellor of Yeshiva University.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

It was one of several buildings on Central Park West that were built for Jews who were not welcomed in Manhattan's East Side luxury buildings.^[5]

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Building: 101 Central Park West in Lincoln Square. Street Easy.Com. September 3, 2013.
2. Web site: 101 CENTRAL PARK WEST, #14/15F. Town Realestate.Com. September 3, 2013. March 15, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140315103318/http://www.townrealestate.com/listing.html?webID=146609. dead.
3. News: Kershaw. Sarah. November 18, 2010. Georgina Bloomberg Buys Co-op on Central Park West. The New York Times. September 3, 2013.
4. Web site: Smith. Stephen Jacob. May 22, 2013. Nice Apartment If You Can Get It: Gershwin Heir Sells $5.4 M. Central Park West Pad. The New York Observer. September 3, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130627025339/http://observer.com/term/101-central-park-west/. June 27, 2013. dead.
5. Book: Gaines . Steven . The Sky's the Limit: Passion and Property in Manhattan . 2006 . Little, Brown . London . 9780316154550.