The San Remo

The San Remo (146 Central Park West) is an upscale apartment building in New York City, described by Glen Justice of the New York Times as “a dazzling two-tower building with captivating views of ."{{ref|nyt_desc}} As a co-op, its board has a "reputation for lenient admissions standards" compared to the conservative, old-money boards on the other side of the park.{{ref|gaines}}

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Central Park West - Apartment building - New York City - Glen Justice - New York Times - Tower - Central Park - Co-op

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Past and present residents of the building include such outspoken personalities as Steven Spielberg, Donna Karan, Steve Jobs, Demi Moore, Dustin Hoffman, U2 frontman Bono, Steve Martin, Bruce Willis, Eddie Cantor, Robert Stigwood, Marshall Brickman, Jackie Leo, Don Hewitt, and Texas natural gas heiress Adelaide de Meni.{{ref|gaines}} Bruce Willis aside, this roster no doubt accounts for the San Remo's fame as a haven for the politically progressive. According to Justice's Times article, the San Remo is the one building whose residents donated the most money to Democrat John Kerry's 2004 presidential bid (as of June 24 of that year).

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Steven Spielberg - Donna Karan - Steve Jobs - Demi Moore - Dustin Hoffman - U2 - Bono - Steve Martin - Bruce Willis - Eddie Cantor - Robert Stigwood - Marshall Brickman - Jackie Leo - Don Hewitt - Adelaide de Meni - Democrat - John Kerry - 2004 - June 24

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The building's architect, Emery Roth, took advantage of new zoning regulations to build the first of New York's twin towered apartment blocks, each ten-story tower topped with an English Baroque mansion in the manner of John Vanbrugh and capped with an homage to the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates. The Athenian monument was known to Roth from the reproduction that had featured in the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, 1893. Roth also designed The Beresford and other landmark apartment houses and office blocks in New York. Construction began in 1929, weeks before the market crash initiated the Great Depression. In 1940 both buildings were sold, for $25,000 over the existing mortgages.

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Emery Roth - John Vanbrugh - Choragic Monument of Lysicrates - World's Columbian Exposition - Chicago - 1893 - The Beresford - 1929 - Great Depression - 1940

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