Carter HorsleyDec 23, 2011
Carter's Review
This beige-brick, 36-story tower at 211 West 56th Street, was erected in 1979 and has 394 rental apartments.
The building, which is known as Carnegie Mews, has a two-story limestone base with a concierge, a large entrance marquee, a large lobby and a revolving front door.
It has some corner windows, discrete air-conditioners and a garage, but no sidewalk landscaping and no balconies. It has a mid-block elevated plaza with a Hooters restaurant.
The building is catty-corner to the Park Imperial, a mixed-use tower erected in 2002, which has condominium apartments and the headquarters of Random House, the publishing company. It is also just to the west of 888 Seventh Avenue, a green-glass office tower with large and attractive plazas.
This location is very convenient to Carnegie Hall and Columbus Circle and there are many restaurants in the vicinity as well as excellent public transportation.
It is a few blocks north of the city's theater district and not too far from Rockefeller Center. There is considerable traffic in this neighborhood.
This building is on the former site of the very imposing French Gothic-style Broadway Tabernacle Congregational Church that was designed by Barney & Chapman in 1905. The church had relocated previously from Worth Street and 34th Street, both on Broadway.
- No Fee Rental built in 1979
- 3 apartments currently for rent ($4.1K to $4.5K)
- Located in Midtown West
- 394 total apartments 394 total apartments
- Doorman
- Pets not Allowed
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