"It's impossible to talk about prewar New York apartments without mentioning the architect Emery Roth. Best known for his buildings that define the Central Park West skyline - the Beresford, San Remo, and the El Dorado among them - Roth's name has long been a real-estate status symbol, synonymous with elegant apartments that have only become more desirable over the years."
"Curious to understand a career that brought Roth from Central Park West to more modest buildings downtown like 299 West 12th Street (which is now anything but - Andy Cohen purchased one of its penthouses for just over $18 million in 2022), we sat down with Alpern to talk about Roth's floor plans, building styles, and the art of creating a successful apartment."
Emery Roth designed numerous prewar New York apartment buildings and became synonymous with elegant, desirable residences, especially along Central Park West. Signature projects include the Beresford, San Remo, and El Dorado, which help define the Central Park West skyline. His career spanned 1899–1948, and his children continued the practice under the name Emery Roth & Sons. Roth designed 175 apartment buildings; seven have been demolished and 29 were never built, most of the unbuilt projects dating to the 1929 stock-market collapse. His work covers downtown and uptown neighborhoods and multiple building types, from lavish park-view suites to more modest structures like 299 West 12th Street, whose penthouse sold for just over $18 million in 2022.
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