Greenwich Club Residences

 skyscraper, condominium, Art Deco (architecture), apartment building, 1930_construction

466-foot, 37-story Art-Deco residential building completed in 1930 as an office building. Designed by Lafayette A. Goldstone and Alexander Zamshnick with decorating by Rambusch Studios, it has a 2-story base (3 stories on Washington Street due to the slope of the site) of white travertine on black granite plinths. The piers divide bays of triple windows, with black metal frames and spandrels. A black metal coping caps the base. The main facade along Rector Street has nine triple bays, plus one narrow bay at the east end. On Washington Street, there are seven bays, and on Greenwich there are three triple bays at the south end and two on the north end, between which are a single narrow bay and an entrance redesigned for residences. It is recessed, lined with marble sidewalls, and one double-height narrow window on the left. Reddish hardwood panels with carved flower patterns make up the doors and surround. A black metal marquee extends out to the sidewalk, and a single black column supporting the upper floors is located to the right of the doorway. The original main entrance is near the center of the Rector facade, deeply recessed.

The upper floors are clad in beige brick with with green, beige, yellow and brown terra-cotta accents highlighting several setbacks. The walls rise up vertically to the first setback at the north and west sides of the 8th floor. Additional setbacks at various locations and floor levels lead to a central tower of four bays of windows (plus one windowless bay, decorated by small, crown-shaped designs of contrasting brick) on the west and east elevations, and wider facades on the north and south. The north side has the same crown-shaped designs at the outer bays, with multiple, vertical red brick stripes, and window bays set within other red brick stripes. The south side is a simpler grid of windows. The top four floors which make up the crown are slightly further set back.

The building was converted in 2000 to a rental apartment building, and then in 2007 to condominiums with 452 units. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The lobby has a grotto water fountain, walnut and rosewood paneled walls and chocolate-colored marble floors and a cafe. One floor of offices exists, on the top level of the base. The ground floor is also occupied by a United States Postal Service Automated Postal Center, Town Realty, Salon Greenwich, Dunkin' Donuts, Jeffrey Levine Esq., MF Restaurant, FiDi Cleaners & Tailors, Caffe Bene, Yorganic, and Petropolis pet salon.

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