Central Park Place

[MikeV]

Does anybody have any photos of Central Park Place (condo on 57th st in columbus center)? *Thanks.

[Edward]

Central Park Place condominium is soaring above the ruins of the Coliseum in August of 2000. Today AOL Time Warner Center is being constructed on the site of the Coliseum.





The rooftop of the Carnegie Mews apartment building has an excellent view of the Central Park Place.





The view on Central Park Place condo from the corner of Ninth Avenue and 57th Street.





The view on Central Park Place condominium along 8th Avenue from 50th Street.





World Wide Plaza, the statue of Columbus and the Central Park Place.





The view from the Pier 90. The Central Park Place condo on the left, the CitySpire on the right. In between
Random House/Park Imperial tower is going up on sunny May day of 2001.

[Rich Battista]

Hey when did this go up and how tall is it, thanks, Rich

[MikeV]

56 stories - 628 ft - 191.5m -1988

Thanks for the photos

[Rich Battista]

What is the Coloseum turning into????????

[MikeV]

The AOL-Time Warner Center.

[Rich Battista]

I figured there would be at least one other available plot of land other than the Center

[Tectonic]

I like this building

[lofter1]

I be to differ -- it's one of my least favorite "major" buildings in Manhattan.

Blecccch

Vista killer / Bad color / Awkward massing

Pointless balconies ...

Has anyone EVER seen a person on one of those balconies?

Also: The metal paneling on the facade is so thin that at street level it is all banged and bent.

Hardly the materials needed for the base at a very active part of the city.

[Alonzo-ny]

Looks like a robot designed it for other robots.

[Tectonic]

Dunno its weird, and awkward yet I still like it.

The street leave conditions are shameful though, just looks bad. Don't know why they didn't use something more solid.

[lofter1]

200 chambers used a similar + somewhat flimsy metal paneling at street level.

Surprisingly even Johnson's Urban Glass House seems to have used metal for the facade which is deficient in heft.

Go knock on the much heavier metal sheathing at 40 Mercer if you want a sense of what is needed for a metal facade at street level in NYC.