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Description
Facts
Address: 320 East 42nd Street
Year of completion: 1928
Developer: Fred F French Co
Architect: H Douglas Ives
Floors: 34
Typical floor area: 1,326m2
Height: 91m
Description
The building is part of the development Tudor City [3.2] which was a speculative venture by Fred F French. It was considered one of the first residential skyscraper complexes in the world and thus set a new density standard. A private effort to revitalise a former slum, Tudor City was built as a new residential area to serve the commercial district around Grand Central Terminal. Woodstock Tower is an apartment hotel with 454 rooms. The volume sculpturally sets back towards the top. Apartments at the top of the building replace the hotel rooms of the bottom part. The structure is steel with a cladding in brick, enhanced by English Tudor details.
Time & Place
320 West 42nd Street, New York City, New York, USA
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