The theater had an ornate gray-and-gold interior with carvings and marble surfaces, as well as a large stairway and foyer. The New Theatre, which had opened in 1909 to designs by Carrère and Hastings, was initially backed by many wealthy New Yorkers but it quickly became unprofitable. The current apartment building replaced the Century Theatre (originally the New Theatre) at 25 Central Park West. 15 Central Park West is immediately to the south,the Society for Ethical Culture School and 5 West 63rd Street are to the north, and Central Park is to the east. The land lot has a frontage of 200 feet (61 m) along Central Park West and 250 feet (76 m) each along 62nd and 63rd Streets. The Century Apartments occupies a rectangular land lot with an area of 50,208 square feet (4,664.5 m 2). The building occupies the western sidewalk of Central Park West (formerly Eighth Avenue ) between 62nd Street to the south and 63rd Street to the north. The Century is at 25 Central Park West in the Upper West Side neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. Most of the building was converted to condominiums in 1989, and the Century remained a luxury residential apartment building through the beginning of the 21st century. The Century was purchased in 1982 by a consortium that proposed the next year to convert the building into a housing cooperative the consortium withdrew the plan and a tenant–landlord dispute continued for several years. Numerous entertainment and business tenants have lived in the building over the years, and Irwin Chanin lived in the building for over a half-century. The Century was officially completed at the end of December 1931. When the building opened, it operated much like a short-term hotel with housekeeping and catering services, and it had 417 apartments and 1,688 rooms.
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There are shallow bow windows on Central Park West, as well as enclosed solariums at the northeast and southeast corners. The remainder of the facade is largely made of tan brick, with multi-paned windows, though some portions of the facade are clad with brown brick. The ground story, and much of the second story, is clad with an ochre-colored stone facade and contains a water table of pink granite. There are several cantilevered terraces with Art Deco balustrades.
The lowest 19 stories surround an interior courtyard to the west, and two towers rise from the eastern portion of the base above that level. The building is a contributing property to the Central Park West Historic District, a National Register of Historic Places–listed district, and is a New York City designated landmark. The Century is 30 stories tall, with twin towers rising from a 19-story base. It was constructed from 1930 to 1931 at a cost of $6.5 million and designed by the firm of Irwin S. The Century is an apartment building at 25 Central Park West, between 62nd and 63rd Streets, adjacent to Central Park on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City.
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