The Chatham Court, 75 Central Park West: Review and Ratings

Review of 75 Central Park West by Carter Horsley

This elegant, 15-story apartment building at 75 Central Park West on the northwest corner at 67^th Street was designed by Rosario Candela for Fred T. Ley  & Company in 1929.

It has 48 co-operative apartments. It does not allow pied-a-terre purchases. Pets are permitted with board approval. 

It is adjacent to the Hotel des Artistes at 1 West 67^th Street.

Bottom Line

An elegant pre-war building designed by Rosario Candela at a prime Central Park West location.

Description

The building has a three-story rusticated limestone base with a large entrance marquee and a balustraded bandcourse above the third floor. There are handsome decorative balconies on the sixth and 12^h floors. There are escutcheons on the first floor and the red-brick façade is modulated with pairs of quoins at either end of its façades culminating in three-story-high pilasters. The center windows on the 12^th floor are topped with lunettes and there is garland façade decoration between the 13^th and 14^th floors. The cornice line above the 14^th floor is decorated with a fence motif and tall urns and the watertank enclosure has a tall arched window.

The building has inconsistent fenestration and some protruding air-conditioners.

There is a large professional suite on the ground floor.

Amenities

The building has a doorman and a concierge, storage and a laundry.

Apartments

Apartment 7D is a two-bedroom unit that has a 10-foot-long entry foyer that leads to a 25-foot-long living room with a fireplace in one direction and a 17-foot-long dining room in the other next to a large L-shaped kitchen and a maid’s from.

Apartment 8A is a two-bedroom unit with a 14-foot-long entry foyer that opens onto a 22-foot-long living room with wood-burning fireplace and an 18-foot-long eat-in kitchen.

History

According to “The Apartment Buildings of Rosario Candela and James E. R. Carpenter” by Andrew Alpern, “in 1951, Candela, then associated with architect Paul Resnick, filed a plan for an ‘atomic escape hatch: from the ground floor carriage room to the cellar ‘to be used for aerial or atomic attack during an emergency.”

The building replaced the 7-story Town House Hotel that was erected in 1917 by the Artists’ Syndicate that erected the adjoining Hotel Des Artistses.