Name: The San Remo Address: 145-146 Central Park West, New York, NY Architect:Emery Roth Style: Renaissance Revival
Description: The San Remo is a landmark residential building located at 145–146 Central Park West, between 74th and 75th Streets, overlooking Central Park on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, New York City. Designed by Hungarian-American architect Emery Roth and constructed between 1929 and September 1930, the building is 27 stories tall and was one of the first in New York to feature twin towers rising from a 17 story base, a configuration made possible by the Multiple Dwelling Act of 1929. Executed in Renaissance Revival style, the building is clad in light tan brick with limestone base and terracotta and metal ornamentation, featuring elaborate pilasters, cartouches, balustrades, urns, and scrollwork throughout its façade. The twin towers, each capped by circular “temple” lanterns inspired by the ancient Choragic Monument of Lysicrates in Athens, house full floor apartments and offer expansive views of the park.
Inside, The San Remo was conceived as an ultra-luxury residence with spacious layouts—averaging around 2,500–3,000 square feet per apartment with 10-foot ceilings and internal courtyards designed to maximize daylight and ventilation. Its dual-lobby arrangement, separate grand entrances, elevator banks, and lavish lobbies for each tower allowed for fewer long corridors, consistent with Roth’s signature “foyer plan” that emphasized privacy and Corinthian style elegance. Though construction coincided with the onset of the Great Depression, producing financial difficulties and vacancies, the building eventually thrived and became a cooperative in the 1970s. Today, The San Remo is recognized as one of New York’s most prestigious residences and has housed celebrities such as Steve Jobs, Dustin Hoffman, Bono, and Rita Hayworth. It is a New York City Landmark (designated 1987) as well as a contributing property to the Central Park West Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places
Name: Motel Ankara Address: 2360 Collins Avenue Miami Beach FL Architect: Reiff & Feldman Style:Miami Modern Architecture
Description: Built in 1954, designed by architects Reiff & Feldman, the Ankara Motel, has been through many changes over the decades. Serving first as the typical 1950’s and 60’s motel, of which there were legion along Collins Avenue. It became the Waterside Inn for many years, before becoming a youth hostel in the 1990s. It was purchased by a developer, Ken Fields, who renamed it The Creek South Beach, and turned it in to the first and maybe only artist designed hotel in Miami Beach – rooms were designed by individual artists and murals were painted along exterior wall and corridors. After designing and receiving approvals for a nine story addition in the parking lot. Fields sold the property to a developer who built the expansion. Currently it is the South Beach Gates Hotel. Almost all of the original façade and the pool has been preserved and restored. A beautifully executed example of maintaining a properties historic features while modernizing and expanding.
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Name: The Delano Hotel Address: 1685 Collins Avenue Miami Beach FL Architect: Robert Swartburg Style:Art Deco
Description: The Delano, built in 1947, designed by the architect Robert Swartburg. Originally used as military housing post World War 2. The property has been a mainstay of South Beach life for the better part of 30 years. Purchased, re-developed and restored by Ian Schrager with Phillippe Starck as designer, The Delano was the epitome of the burgeoning class of properties known as the Boutique Hotel. Incredibly cool and very trendy it has been the focal point of Miami Beach style for many years. The Delano was the flagship property of Morgans Hotel Group, which was sold to SBE Entertainment. SBE sold the property in 2020 to Eldridge Industries who closed the hotel for renovations. The new Delano Hotel is set to open in 2025.
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