The Corinthian (Manhattan)

The Corinthian
General information
Status Complete
Type Mixed use, predominately apartment building
Location 330 E 38th Street[1]
Manhattan, New York City
Coordinates 40°44′47″N 73°58′21″W / 40.746485°N 73.972557°W / 40.746485; -73.972557Coordinates: 40°44′47″N 73°58′21″W / 40.746485°N 73.972557°W / 40.746485; -73.972557
Construction started 1986
Completed 1988[1]
Opening 1988
Management Rose Terra Associates
Height
Roof 186 m (610 ft)
Technical details
Floor count 57
Floor area 864 units
Lifts/elevators 8
Design and construction
Architect Der Scutt
Developer Bernard Spitzer
Structural engineer Fischer & Redlien, P.C.
Main contractor Kreisler Borg Florman

The Corinthian is a 57 story apartment building that was New York City's largest apartment building when it opened in 1988.

Design

It was designed by Der Scutt, design architect, and Michael Schimenti.[1] Its fluted towers with bay windows are unusual compared to the traditional boxy shape of buildings in the city, and it bears a resemblance to Marina City and Lake Point Tower in Chicago. The building incorporates a portion of the former East Side Airline Terminal designed by John B. Peterkin and opened in 1953.[2][3]

Facts

At 1,100,000 square feet (100,000 m2) it is the largest project of Bernard Spitzer.[2] It occupies approximately two thirds of a city block between First Avenue and Tunnel Entrance Street and between East 37th and 38th Streets, and overlooks the Manhattan entrance to the Queens-Midtown Tunnel. It has 883 apartments, 125,000 square feet (11,600 m2) of commercial space on the first through third floors, a 48,000-square-foot (4,500 m2) garage and roof deck.

At the entrance to the building is a cascading, semicircular waterfall fountain and an Aristides Demetrios bronze sculpture, "Peirene." Its lobby is 90 feet (27 m) long and 28 feet (8.5 m) high.

References

Notes
  1. 1 2 3 White, Norval & Willensky, Elliot (2000), AIA Guide to New York City (4th ed.), New York: Three Rivers Press, ISBN 978-0-8129-3107-5 , pp.219-220
  2. 1 2 Bagli, Charles V. (August 21, 2005). "Developers Find Newest Frontier on the East Side". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-07-19.
  3. ↑ Schwab, Armand Jr. (July 18, 1954). "Seven-Month-Old Air Terminal Doing Good Job for Just About Everyone". The New York Times. p. X15. Retrieved 2010-07-19.


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