Cleburne Building

Cooperative in NY, United States
40°48′04″N 73°58′08″W / 40.8011°N 73.9688°W / 40.8011; -73.9688Construction started1912Completed1913OwnerHarry SchiffTechnical detailsStructural systemSkyscraperFloor count13Design and constructionArchitect(s)Schwartz & Gross

The Cleburne Building (also known as 924 West End Avenue) is an apartment building located at the northeast corner of West End Avenue and West 105th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City.

The Cleburne was completed in 1913 by real estate developer Harry Schiff on the site of the mansion of Mr. and Mrs. Isidor Straus who perished on the RMS Titanic.[1] There is a memorial to Mr. and Mrs. Straus in nearby Straus Park.[2]

The building, which is designed in the Arts and Crafts Movement style, has a handsome porte-cochère.[3]

Notable residents

  • Madeleine L'Engle[4]
  • Estelle Parsons[5]
  • Andy Borowitz[6]
  • Norman Podhoretz and Midge Decter
  • Charlie Smalls, composer of "The Wiz"

References

  1. ^ White, Norval, and Elliot Willensky. AIA Guide to New York City. New York: Crown, 2000. Print.
  2. ^ Gray, Christopher (August 23, 1998). "Straus Park, 106th Street and West End Avenue; A Restored Memorial to 2 Who Died on the Titanic". The New York Times. Retrieved September 5, 2009.
  3. ^ Gray, Christopher (November 21, 2008). "Homage to the Humdrum". New York Times. Retrieved September 5, 2009.
  4. ^ Ohrstrom, Lysandra (March 7, 2008). "West End Home of A Wrinkle in Time Author Sells for $4 M." New York Observer. Archived from the original on May 5, 2009. Retrieved September 5, 2009.
  5. ^ Lian, Nancy (December 8, 2002). "Celebrity Sightings" (PDF). West 104th Street Block Association Newsletter. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 6, 2009. Retrieved May 7, 2010.
  6. ^ Dailey, Jessica (October 25, 2012). "Borowitz Picks Up a Classic 7 for $2.635M". Curbed. Retrieved June 17, 2017.
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