The Corinthian (Manhattan)
The Corinthian is a 57-story apartment building that was New York City's largest apartment building when it opened in 1988.Design
It was designed by Der Scutt, design architect, and John Schimenti. Its fluted towers with bay windows are unusual compared to the traditional boxy shape of buildings in the city, and it bears a resemblance to Marina City and Lake Point Tower in Chicago. The building incorporates a portion of the former East Side Airline Terminal designed by John B. Peterkin and opened in 1953.Facts
At it is the largest project of Bernard Spitzer. It occupies a full city block between First Avenue and Tunnel Entrance Street and between East 37th and 38th Streets, and overlooks the Manhattan entrance to the Queens-Midtown Tunnel. It has 863 apartments, of commercial space on the first through third floors, a garage and setback roof deck.
At the entrance to the building is a cascading, semicircular waterfall fountain and an Aristides Demetrios bronze sculpture, "Peirene." Its lobby is long and high.
