The Majestic (building)
| The Majestic | |
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| Basic data | |
| Place: | New York City , United States |
| Construction time : | 1930-1931 |
| Status : | Built |
| Architectural style : | Art deco |
| Architect : | Irwin Chanin |
| Use / legal | |
| Usage : | Apartments |
| Technical specifications | |
| Floors : | 29 |
| Building material : | Structure: steel |
The Majestic is an exclusive, traditional apartment building in New York City on the Upper West Side , which is located between 71st Street and 72nd Street, as well as Central Park West . A neighboring building is the Dakota . Along with the San Remo , Century and Eldorado, it is one of four houses with twin towers on Central Park West that were built in the 1930s.
background
The Majestic was once built where the Majestic Hotel previously stood, which was designed by Alfred Zucker in 1894 and was the home of the composer Gustav Mahler , the writer Edna Ferber and many more. The building was originally planned as a 45-story hotel. However, this was given up in favor of an apartment house during the Great Depression and after the passage of the Multiple Dwelling Act .
Residents
- Actor Milton Berle
- Actor Zero Mostel
- Fashion designer Marc Jacobs lived there with his grandmother until the mid-1980s
- Talk show host Conan O'Brien sold his apartment in mid-2010
- Several well-known members of the Genovese family including Lucky Luciano , Frank Costello and Meyer Lansky
- Mobster Louis Buchalter , executive member of Murder, Inc. , lived in Apartment 17J in 1933
In 1957, the mobster Vincent Gigante committed an assassination attempt on Frank Castello in the lobby of the Majestic, which, however, failed.
literature
- Jorg Brockmann, Bill Harris: One Thousand New York Buildings. New York: Black Dog & Leventhal, 2002, ISBN 978-1-57912-237-9
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brockmann, Jorg (2002). One Thousand New York Buildings, pp. 342-343.
- ^ Multiple Dwelling Law of 1929
- ↑ a b c d Christopher Gray: Where the Name Says It All . In: New York Times , August 12, 2007. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
- ↑ Amy Larocca: Lost and Found . In: New York Magazine , August 21, 2005. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
- ^ Conan O'Brien sells co-op on Central Park West . In: New York Post , July 28, 2010. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
- ^ Bryan Burrough: Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34 .
Coordinates: 40 ° 46 ′ 33.5 " N , 73 ° 58 ′ 35.2" W.