{"nrhp_refnum":"82001189","name":"Central Park West Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Central Park West between 61st and 97th Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.78142557000004,"lon":-73.97361958422366,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-11-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A linear historic district of about 40 acres on Central Park West on Manhattan's Upper West Side, running from 61st Street to the north side of 96th Street. It consists mainly of luxury high-rise apartment buildings, along with churches, a synagogue and two major cultural institutions, built from the 1870s to 1940.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that Central Park West is New York's finest residential street, with some of the city's earliest and best luxury apartment buildings. It has seven significant Art Deco examples and a group of turn-of-the-century Neo-Gothic and Neoclassical churches. It has kept its architectural integrity with few alterations since the 1930s.","narrative":"Central Park West, facing Central Park on Manhattan's Upper West Side, forms a linear district of tall luxury apartment buildings between 61st and 96th Streets. Development began with the American Museum of Natural History in 1874 and the Dakota apartments in 1884, whose quality shaped later growth. About forty high-quality apartment buildings followed over five decades, in styles including French Second Empire, Beaux-Arts, Neo-Italian Renaissance and Art Deco. Twin-towered Art Deco buildings such as the Century, Majestic, San Remo and Eldorado define the skyline. Four turn-of-the-century churches, a synagogue, the New-York Historical Society and the Museum of Natural History are mixed among the residences. The last major construction came in 1940, and only one modern building, from 1965, does not contribute to the district's character. The nomination presents the street as New York's finest residential avenue, notable for its architectural cohesion and for having changed little since the 1930s, despite the city's constant redevelopment.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Multiple, including Henry J. Hardenbergh (Dakota), Irwin S. Chanin with Jacques Delamarre (Century, Majestic), Emery Roth (San Remo, Beresford, Ardsley), Schwartz and Gross, Carrère and Hastings, Robert D. Kohn, and John Russell Pope","architectural_style":"French Second Empire, Beaux-Arts, Neo-Italian Renaissance, Art Deco, Neoclassical, Neo-Gothic","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is marked excellent, good and fair, with the district largely unaltered in character. One non-contributing building exists, a 1965 high-rise at 80 Central Park West. Uses include private residence, museum, educational and religious.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.964165-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/82001189.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001189/80ae261e84-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001189/80ae261e84-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Central_Park_West_buildings_over_Lake.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Central_Park_West_buildings_over_Lake.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319352","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Park_West_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q525239"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/central-park-west-historic-district-82001189/"}