Archive for February, 2008


15 CPW - The New York Apartment House Comes Home

Presentation by CNU New York Board Member Paul Whalen and Developer Arthur Zeckendorf

15 CPWFifteen Central Park West has captured the imagination of New York’s press and public like few other buildings in recent history. The project’s economic success and its high-profile location have demonstrated the continuing viability of classicism in today’s market as well as in current architectural discourse.

Whalen, a Partner at Robert A.M. Stern Architects, will talk about designing a modern New York building that learns from our city’s great apartment house tradition. Zeckendorf will describe the vision and financial foundation that made the project possible.

Where: Library at the General Society, 20 West 44th Street.

When: Reception at 6:30 pm, Lecture to begin at 7:00 pm.

Admission is FREE for Members of the ICA&CA and employees of professional members firms; $10 for the general public.

To reserve, please call (212) 730-9646, ext. 109.