The Belnord Condominium (New York City, New York)
USA /
New Jersey /
West New York /
New York City, New York /
West 86th Street, 225
World
/ USA
/ New Jersey
/ West New York
World / United States / New York
condominium, 1909_construction, Renaissance Revival (architecture)
160-foot, 14-story Renaissance-revival residential building completed in 1909. Designed by Hiss & Weekes, it is one of only a few full block apartment buildings in Manhattan. Entry to the garden courtyard is through two grand, 2-story, Neo-Classical vaulted archways on 86th Street. There are entrances to the building at all four corners of the courtyard as well as the exterior perimeter.
The outer facades are clad in beige brick above a 3-story rusticated limestone base (only two stories at the east end due to the slope of the site). The banded rusticated is continued onto the brick of the 4th-5th floors, and the upper floors have banded quoins framing the end bays.
The two arched gateways are centered on the south facade, enclosed by iron-and-bronze gates, and topped by splayed voussoirs with a cartouche flanked by putti. In between the arches, the ground floor has two windows with splayed lintels. To the west there are three high-set, square windows and a narrow single-windows, followed by a freight entrance in a large, square opening with black metal doors. At the west end are four plate-glass show-windows for retail space, with an entrance at the end bay; it has black wood-and-glass double-doors framed by stone pilasters and topped by an oval shield draped with laurels, overlapping a dentiled cornice carried on a pair of console brackets. Extending up from the cornice is a stone surround for the 2-over-2 2nd-floor window above, lined with more laurels flanking a keystone, and with hanging pendants at the sides. To the east of the arches are three square windows and a service entrance with black metal double-doors. At this point the lower two floors merge into one floor, beginning with a tall single-window, followed by a secondary entrance with bronze-and-glass double-doors recessed atop a short staircase. The retail space at the east end has another single-window and three bays of plate-glass storefront windows, with glass double-doors in the easternmost bay.
There is a small residential entrance at the center of the ground floor of the north facade on 87th Street. It has glass-and-wood double-doors in a stone surround topped by a cornice. To the west the ground floor has two square windows, a smaller narrow window, three more square windows, and a freight entrance with beige metal doors. The west end has three bays of square opening for storefront windows and an end bay matching the one on the south facade. To the east the ground floor has one square window, a narrow window, and three more square windows. Here the lower-level windows end as the two lower floors begin to merge at the east end. There are two deeply recessed secondary entrances here, both with glass-and-metal double-doors atop black metal stairs. The east end has three retail storefront bays, with last two wider than the first.
The ground floor along Amsterdam Avenue is organized into nine plate-glass storefronts. Along Broadway there are end bays that match those at the west ends of the north and south facades. Between these are six storefront bays and a center bay with another matching entrance, only with different glass-and-metal doors.
The 2nd floor on the south facade has five square windows to the west of the arches, followed by a small, narrow window, and then five more square windows, the last one decorated by the surround and ornament at the end bay. To the east there are four square windows before the lower two floors merge. Above the lower two floors, there is a square window above both arches, and two more in between with a stone panel in between, above a carved female face flanked by garlands. To the outside of the windows above the arches is a small, narrow window, and then five square windows to each side. There are five more widely-spaced square windows at the ends. There are also small, narrow windows flanking the middle bay of five outer bays - at every floor on the east side, and at most floors on the west side.
The 3rd-floor windows have brackets sills and keystones with half-swags, interrupting a frieze that runs below a band course capping the 3rd floor, where the facade changes to brick. The brick is banded on the 4th & 5th floors, with another band course below the 6th floor. The 4th- and 5th-floor windows have stone surrounds with keystones at the 5th floor and decorative stone spandrels below bracketed corncies at the 4th. At the 6th-12th floors, the windows are set in brick surrounds with segmental-arched stone voussoirs on top, with keystones. The 13th floor is set off by a string course, and is clad in stone, with outlined panels on the piers between each bay. The facade is crowned by a black metal roof cornice with modillions and dentils. At the end bays there are ovals edged in laurels flanking the windows at the 5th floor; there are bellflowers below, and lions' heads above. From the 6th-12th floors the end bays have stone surrounds interrupting the quoins, with keystones and paneled spandrels. Overlaying the quoins at the 11th-12th floors are vertical panels with carved ornament at the bottoms, and hanging pendants at the tops, with a garland across the 12th-floor window. The north facade has a similar design.
The west facade on Broadway has 14 single-window bays between the quoined end bays. The outer three (next to the end bays) are grouped together, with a smaller, narrow window between the next-inner bay on both sides. The next two to the inside are also grouped together, with the middle two bays farther apart. All of the ornament matches that on the north and south facades. The east facade on Amsterdam Avenue matches the west facade on the upper floors.
The 22,000-square-foot courtyard, with a central fountain, is actually more interesting than the exterior because of its immense sale and different façade treatment. The facades are entirely rusticated except for double stacks of bay windows in the center of the east and west walls and two single columns of copper bay windows on both the north and south facades that also have one column of high windows in their centers.
In 2019, the building was converted to condominiums, to alterations by architect Robert M.Stern, with 215 units. The storefronts along Amsterdam Avenue are occupied by a CVS, and PC Richard and Son appliances. The ground floor on Broadway is occupied by additional PC Richard and Son space.
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The outer facades are clad in beige brick above a 3-story rusticated limestone base (only two stories at the east end due to the slope of the site). The banded rusticated is continued onto the brick of the 4th-5th floors, and the upper floors have banded quoins framing the end bays.
The two arched gateways are centered on the south facade, enclosed by iron-and-bronze gates, and topped by splayed voussoirs with a cartouche flanked by putti. In between the arches, the ground floor has two windows with splayed lintels. To the west there are three high-set, square windows and a narrow single-windows, followed by a freight entrance in a large, square opening with black metal doors. At the west end are four plate-glass show-windows for retail space, with an entrance at the end bay; it has black wood-and-glass double-doors framed by stone pilasters and topped by an oval shield draped with laurels, overlapping a dentiled cornice carried on a pair of console brackets. Extending up from the cornice is a stone surround for the 2-over-2 2nd-floor window above, lined with more laurels flanking a keystone, and with hanging pendants at the sides. To the east of the arches are three square windows and a service entrance with black metal double-doors. At this point the lower two floors merge into one floor, beginning with a tall single-window, followed by a secondary entrance with bronze-and-glass double-doors recessed atop a short staircase. The retail space at the east end has another single-window and three bays of plate-glass storefront windows, with glass double-doors in the easternmost bay.
There is a small residential entrance at the center of the ground floor of the north facade on 87th Street. It has glass-and-wood double-doors in a stone surround topped by a cornice. To the west the ground floor has two square windows, a smaller narrow window, three more square windows, and a freight entrance with beige metal doors. The west end has three bays of square opening for storefront windows and an end bay matching the one on the south facade. To the east the ground floor has one square window, a narrow window, and three more square windows. Here the lower-level windows end as the two lower floors begin to merge at the east end. There are two deeply recessed secondary entrances here, both with glass-and-metal double-doors atop black metal stairs. The east end has three retail storefront bays, with last two wider than the first.
The ground floor along Amsterdam Avenue is organized into nine plate-glass storefronts. Along Broadway there are end bays that match those at the west ends of the north and south facades. Between these are six storefront bays and a center bay with another matching entrance, only with different glass-and-metal doors.
The 2nd floor on the south facade has five square windows to the west of the arches, followed by a small, narrow window, and then five more square windows, the last one decorated by the surround and ornament at the end bay. To the east there are four square windows before the lower two floors merge. Above the lower two floors, there is a square window above both arches, and two more in between with a stone panel in between, above a carved female face flanked by garlands. To the outside of the windows above the arches is a small, narrow window, and then five square windows to each side. There are five more widely-spaced square windows at the ends. There are also small, narrow windows flanking the middle bay of five outer bays - at every floor on the east side, and at most floors on the west side.
The 3rd-floor windows have brackets sills and keystones with half-swags, interrupting a frieze that runs below a band course capping the 3rd floor, where the facade changes to brick. The brick is banded on the 4th & 5th floors, with another band course below the 6th floor. The 4th- and 5th-floor windows have stone surrounds with keystones at the 5th floor and decorative stone spandrels below bracketed corncies at the 4th. At the 6th-12th floors, the windows are set in brick surrounds with segmental-arched stone voussoirs on top, with keystones. The 13th floor is set off by a string course, and is clad in stone, with outlined panels on the piers between each bay. The facade is crowned by a black metal roof cornice with modillions and dentils. At the end bays there are ovals edged in laurels flanking the windows at the 5th floor; there are bellflowers below, and lions' heads above. From the 6th-12th floors the end bays have stone surrounds interrupting the quoins, with keystones and paneled spandrels. Overlaying the quoins at the 11th-12th floors are vertical panels with carved ornament at the bottoms, and hanging pendants at the tops, with a garland across the 12th-floor window. The north facade has a similar design.
The west facade on Broadway has 14 single-window bays between the quoined end bays. The outer three (next to the end bays) are grouped together, with a smaller, narrow window between the next-inner bay on both sides. The next two to the inside are also grouped together, with the middle two bays farther apart. All of the ornament matches that on the north and south facades. The east facade on Amsterdam Avenue matches the west facade on the upper floors.
The 22,000-square-foot courtyard, with a central fountain, is actually more interesting than the exterior because of its immense sale and different façade treatment. The facades are entirely rusticated except for double stacks of bay windows in the center of the east and west walls and two single columns of copper bay windows on both the north and south facades that also have one column of high windows in their centers.
In 2019, the building was converted to condominiums, to alterations by architect Robert M.Stern, with 215 units. The storefronts along Amsterdam Avenue are occupied by a CVS, and PC Richard and Son appliances. The ground floor on Broadway is occupied by additional PC Richard and Son space.
thebelnord.com/
streeteasy.com/building/the-belnord
daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-1909-belnord...
hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c041991257?urlappend=%3Bseq=123...
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Belnord
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Coordinates: 40°47'18"N 73°58'31"W
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