The Century (New York City)
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The Century
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| Location | Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States |
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| Coordinates | 40°46′12″N 73°58′49″W / 40.77000°N 73.98028°WCoordinates: 40°46′12″N 73°58′49″W / 40.77000°N 73.98028°W |
| Built | 1930–1931 |
| Architect | Irwin S. Chanin, Jacques Delamarre |
| Architectural style | Art Deco |
| Part of | Central Park West Historic District (#82001189) |
| Added to NRHP | November 9, 1982 |
The Century is an apartment building located at Central Park West and 63rd Street in Manhattan, New York City. It was constructed at a cost of $6.5 million and designed by the firm of Irwin S. Chanin.
Architecturally, it is cast in the Art Deco style, which causes it to stand out from many of its neighbors, which are designed in the Beaux-Arts style. The structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places, as a contributing property to the Central Park West Historic District, in 1982. The building, also part of a local historic district, is one of the three tallest structures within the boundaries of the district. A tenant-landlord dispute at The Century was ongoing for most of the 1980s. As of 2010, properties within the building sold for as much as US$19,000,000.
The Century apartment building is located on the site of the Century Theatre. The theatre was demolished in 1930–31 to make way for the apartments which kept the name of the former theatre.
Architect Irwin S. Chanin's office executed a US$1.25 million bond to guarantee the construction of "a twenty-nine story apartment building" at 25 Central Park West on October 25, 1930. The construction was handled by another Chanin company, Chanin Construction Company. Construction would require over 3,000,000 ft (914,400 m) of electrical wiring, three times what was required for the 56-story Chanin Building. The address, between 62nd and 63rd Streets was once the site of the Century Theatre, which Chanin acquired in order to build on the site. The Century Theatre was initially well backed by many wealthy New Yorkers but it quickly lost money. The theater was still being demolished in late October 1930 when Chanin's firm secured a $6.5 million loan from the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company for the construction of The Century. As the moves to begin The Century project were occurring, Chanin's The Majestic was already under construction nearby, in the 100 block of Central Park West.
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