Rise of Luxury Apartment Buildings in Manhattan



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Timeline

Y/M/D Description Place
1879/00/00 The Van Corlear luxury apartment house (lost) is built for Edward Clark as one of the first multi-family living for the middle- and upper-class. Park Central Hotel NYC, New York City
1880/10/00 Construction begins on a Renaissance Revival style, luxury apartment building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan for businessman Edward Cabot. Dakota Apartments, New York City
1882/00/00 The Imperial, a brownstone apartment building built for developer Frederick Aldhous, opens. A 8 room apartment rents for $100 a month. The Imperial Apartments, New York City
1883/00/00 Gerlach Flats building opens. The Queen Anne-style, red brick, ten story apartment building features residence known as French flats to differentiate from tenant housing. Radio Wave Building, Manhattan NYC
1884/10/27 Dakota Apartment building opens. Dakota Apartments, New York City

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