Astor Court Building | |
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General information | |
Type | Cooperative |
Address | Between 89th Street and 90th Street |
Town or city | New York, NY |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 40°47′25″N73°58′28″W / 40.7903°N 73.9745°W |
Construction started | 1916 |
Completed | 1916 |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 13 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Charles A. Platt (building) Ellen Biddle Shipman (landscape) |
The Astor Court Building is a 12-story, 164 unit apartment building on Broadway between West 89th Street and 90th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, built in 1916. It was designed by architect Charles A. Platt for developer Vincent Astor. [1] The twelve-story building is constructed around a landscaped courtyard. Architectural historian Christopher Gray believes that the landscape architect may have been Ellen Biddle Shipman. [2] The building became a co-op in 1985. [2]
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