The Majestic (building)

The Majestic (building)

:"For the now-destroyed building in Detroit, see "Majestic Building"."The Majestic is a housing cooperative located at 115 Central Park West between 71st Street (Manhattan) and 72nd in New York City. The apartment building was constructed in 1930-1931 in the Art Deco style by real estate developed by Irwin S. Chanin. The building has 238 apartments in 29 storeys. Like the San Remo cooperative three blocks north, it has two towers facing the Central Park.

The apartment building replaced the Hotel Majestic designed by Alfred Zucker in 1894.The steel framed building was originally planned as a 45 story hotel, but the plans where changed mid way in the construction due to the depression and the passing of the Multiple Dwelling Act [ [http://www.tenant.net/Other_Laws/MDL/mdltoc.html Multiple Dwelling Law of 1929] ] .

Notable Tenants

The Majestic was home to some of the former heads of the Luciano crime family (later called the Genovese crime family) including Meyer Lansky, Lucky Luciano and Frank Costello. In 1957, Vincent "The Chin" Gigante shot Frank Costello in the lobby of the Majestic in a failed assassination attempt. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/realestate/12scap.html]

References

External links

* [http://www.nyc-architecture.com/UWS/UWS016.htm The Majestic Apartments]
* [http://www.greatgridlock.net/NYC/nyc2b.html New York Scrapers: Art Deco Era, Part III]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/realestate/12scap.html NY Times: Where the Name Says It All]


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