| The Prasada | |
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 Interactive map of the The Prasada area | |
| General information | |
| Type | Housing cooperative |
| Location | 50 Central Park West, Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 40°46′18″N73°58′46″W / 40.77175°N 73.97950°W /40.77175; -73.97950 |
| Completed | 1907 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 12 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architecture firm | Charles W. Romeyn |
| Developer | Samuel B. Haines |
The Prasada is a luxuryapartment house at 50Central Park West on theUpper West Side ofManhattan in New York City. Built between 1904 and 1907, it is a contributing building in theCentral Park West Historic District. It cost $250,000 (the equivalent of more than $7 million in 2022). Originally, it contained three luxury apartments per floor: an eight-room apartment at the rear and two ten-room apartments facingCentral Park in the front. Servants' bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchens, and other rooms were located facing the court.[1] The building surrounds an open court, with stained-glass skylights illuminating the lobby.
The structure is a bold essay in theFrench Second Empire style and was one of three that established Central Park West as an avenue of tall apartment blocks, in this case of twelve storeys.[2]
Extensive alterations in 1919 removed themansard roof that was a prominent feature when viewed from the park[3] and provided more modern facilities.[4]
Residents and guests enter through an impressive recessed portico supported by four two-story banded pillars styled as Roman Doric columns. A dry moat separates the ground floor frompedestrian passers-by.
The building was featured in the moviesThree Men and a Baby as well asLord of War.
