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The Belnord
The Belnord is a condominium building at 225 West 86th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. The 13-story structure was designed by Hiss and Weekes in the Italian Renaissance Revival style and occupies the full block between Broadway, Amsterdam Avenue, and 86th and 87th Streets. It was built between 1908 and 1909 by a syndicate of investors as a rental apartment building. The Belnord is a New York City designated landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The building occupies a nearly rectangular site and has a limestone and brick facade, which is divided horizontally into three sections. On 86th Street, a pair of arches at the center of the facade lead to an internal courtyard with a garden, driveway, and entrances to the apartments. The Belnord contains six entrances, each of which lead to a different set of apartments, and originally had a mechanical plant in the basement, as well as amenities such as horse stables and storage rooms. The building originally had 175 apartments, which were designed in the Louis XVI style. The apartments generally had multiple rooms and faced both the courtyard and the street. By the 1940s, the building had 225 units; this was further increased to 231 condominium units by the late 2010s. The design of the apartments dates to a 2010s renovation by Robert A. M. Stern.
A group of investors acquired the site from the Hoyt family in 1908 and developed the Belnord there. When the building was completed in October 1909, it was characterized as the United States' largest apartment building. The Belnord was sold multiple times in the 1920s before being acquired by the City Bank-Farmers Trust Company in 1935. The bank sold the building in 1945, and the Belnord fell into disrepair during the next several decades. Between the 1970s and 1990s, the tenants were involved in multiple disputes with then-owner Lillian Seril, and many residents refused to pay rent because of the Belnord's poor condition. Property Markets Group and Gary Barnett bought the Belnord in 1994, and Barnett spent over $100 million on renovations. Barnett's Extell Development Company sold the apartments in 2015 to the HFZ Capital Group, which converted many apartments to condominium units starting in 2017. Westbrook Partners took over the project by early 2021 and had sold 80% of the units by the next year.
The Belnord is located at 225 West 86th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. It occupies the entirety of a city block bounded by Broadway to the west, 87th Street to the north, Amsterdam Avenue to the east, and 86th Street to the south. The building is cited as having frontage of approximately 201 feet (61 m) on Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue, 343 feet (105 m) on 86th Street, and 328 feet (100 m) on 87th Street. The site is variously cited as covering 64,614 square feet (6,003 m2), 67,614 sq ft (6,282 m2), or 68,943 square feet (6,405.0 m2); the New York City Department of City Planning cites the plot as covering 67,674 square feet (6,287 m2).
The building is opposite the West-Park Presbyterian Church to the east and St. Paul's Methodist Church to the west. An entrance to the New York City Subway's 86th Street station, serving the 1 train, is directly outside the southwestern corner of the building. The Belnord is one of a few full-block apartment buildings in New York City, with its structure occupying about two-thirds of its site and a 22,000-square-foot (2,000 m2) center courtyard making up the balance. The Belnord's arrangement is similar to that of the Apthorp, another large apartment building on Broadway and 79th Street built during the early 20th century.
The Belnord was designed by H. Hobart Weekes of the architectural firm of Hiss and Weekes, and it was completed in 1909. It is 13 stories tall and features Italian Renaissance Revival style decorative elements. The architect boasted to The New York Times that it was the "largest apartment building in the country, and maybe the world." Its design features, such as an interior courtyard, bay windows, and large apartments, were intended to evoke those of the Dakota apartment building and to attract wealthy tenants who had been unable to move to it. The George A. Fuller Company was the general contractor for the Belnord's construction. The modern design of the interior dates to a 2010s renovation by Robert A. M. Stern.
The facade is divided horizontally into three sections: a five-story base, a seven-story shaft, and a one-story upper portion. The first three stories of the base have a rusticated limestone facade, above which is a horizontal band course. The fourth and fifth stories are clad with brick and are topped by another band course. The facade of the midsection is also made of brick, except at the corners, which contain vertically arranged quoins. The outermost bays are wider than the others on the facade and are flanked by the quoins. A third band course runs above the twelfth floor. The top story contains decorative panels between each window; above it is a cornice with dentils. The windows are of varying sizes and contain classical decoration. The interior facade, facing the courtyard, is made of terracotta and brick.
The Belnord contains two entrances, one each on 86th and 87th Street, which lead to six residential lobbies. The main entrance is via two massive, double-height grand archways on 86th Street, which lead to an interior courtyard. There are keystones with cartouches above each archway. The undersides of the archways contain barrel-vaulted ceilings and multicolored frescoes, as well as three lanterns. The writer Elizabeth Hawes said the barrel vault "amounted to an architectural rite of passage", separating the enclosed courtyard from the wide-open cityscape.
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The Belnord
The Belnord is a condominium building at 225 West 86th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. The 13-story structure was designed by Hiss and Weekes in the Italian Renaissance Revival style and occupies the full block between Broadway, Amsterdam Avenue, and 86th and 87th Streets. It was built between 1908 and 1909 by a syndicate of investors as a rental apartment building. The Belnord is a New York City designated landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The building occupies a nearly rectangular site and has a limestone and brick facade, which is divided horizontally into three sections. On 86th Street, a pair of arches at the center of the facade lead to an internal courtyard with a garden, driveway, and entrances to the apartments. The Belnord contains six entrances, each of which lead to a different set of apartments, and originally had a mechanical plant in the basement, as well as amenities such as horse stables and storage rooms. The building originally had 175 apartments, which were designed in the Louis XVI style. The apartments generally had multiple rooms and faced both the courtyard and the street. By the 1940s, the building had 225 units; this was further increased to 231 condominium units by the late 2010s. The design of the apartments dates to a 2010s renovation by Robert A. M. Stern.
A group of investors acquired the site from the Hoyt family in 1908 and developed the Belnord there. When the building was completed in October 1909, it was characterized as the United States' largest apartment building. The Belnord was sold multiple times in the 1920s before being acquired by the City Bank-Farmers Trust Company in 1935. The bank sold the building in 1945, and the Belnord fell into disrepair during the next several decades. Between the 1970s and 1990s, the tenants were involved in multiple disputes with then-owner Lillian Seril, and many residents refused to pay rent because of the Belnord's poor condition. Property Markets Group and Gary Barnett bought the Belnord in 1994, and Barnett spent over $100 million on renovations. Barnett's Extell Development Company sold the apartments in 2015 to the HFZ Capital Group, which converted many apartments to condominium units starting in 2017. Westbrook Partners took over the project by early 2021 and had sold 80% of the units by the next year.
The Belnord is located at 225 West 86th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. It occupies the entirety of a city block bounded by Broadway to the west, 87th Street to the north, Amsterdam Avenue to the east, and 86th Street to the south. The building is cited as having frontage of approximately 201 feet (61 m) on Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue, 343 feet (105 m) on 86th Street, and 328 feet (100 m) on 87th Street. The site is variously cited as covering 64,614 square feet (6,003 m2), 67,614 sq ft (6,282 m2), or 68,943 square feet (6,405.0 m2); the New York City Department of City Planning cites the plot as covering 67,674 square feet (6,287 m2).
The building is opposite the West-Park Presbyterian Church to the east and St. Paul's Methodist Church to the west. An entrance to the New York City Subway's 86th Street station, serving the 1 train, is directly outside the southwestern corner of the building. The Belnord is one of a few full-block apartment buildings in New York City, with its structure occupying about two-thirds of its site and a 22,000-square-foot (2,000 m2) center courtyard making up the balance. The Belnord's arrangement is similar to that of the Apthorp, another large apartment building on Broadway and 79th Street built during the early 20th century.
The Belnord was designed by H. Hobart Weekes of the architectural firm of Hiss and Weekes, and it was completed in 1909. It is 13 stories tall and features Italian Renaissance Revival style decorative elements. The architect boasted to The New York Times that it was the "largest apartment building in the country, and maybe the world." Its design features, such as an interior courtyard, bay windows, and large apartments, were intended to evoke those of the Dakota apartment building and to attract wealthy tenants who had been unable to move to it. The George A. Fuller Company was the general contractor for the Belnord's construction. The modern design of the interior dates to a 2010s renovation by Robert A. M. Stern.
The facade is divided horizontally into three sections: a five-story base, a seven-story shaft, and a one-story upper portion. The first three stories of the base have a rusticated limestone facade, above which is a horizontal band course. The fourth and fifth stories are clad with brick and are topped by another band course. The facade of the midsection is also made of brick, except at the corners, which contain vertically arranged quoins. The outermost bays are wider than the others on the facade and are flanked by the quoins. A third band course runs above the twelfth floor. The top story contains decorative panels between each window; above it is a cornice with dentils. The windows are of varying sizes and contain classical decoration. The interior facade, facing the courtyard, is made of terracotta and brick.
The Belnord contains two entrances, one each on 86th and 87th Street, which lead to six residential lobbies. The main entrance is via two massive, double-height grand archways on 86th Street, which lead to an interior courtyard. There are keystones with cartouches above each archway. The undersides of the archways contain barrel-vaulted ceilings and multicolored frescoes, as well as three lanterns. The writer Elizabeth Hawes said the barrel vault "amounted to an architectural rite of passage", separating the enclosed courtyard from the wide-open cityscape.
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