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Central Park Tower

217 - 221 West 57th Street (just East of Broadway)

New York, NY 10019

40.766150, -73.981030

This 12-story building from 1922 met the wrecking ball just after I left town in 2010. My memories of it were as one of the homes of Broadway Dance Center, where I took a few classes in the 1990s. It was demolished to make way for a 50-story mixed use tower, although it was just an empty lot when I visited in 2012. The project may have been caught up in a preservation battle over the remnants of Automobile Row, notably the B.F. Goodrich building next door at 225 West 57th.

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The job is closed
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Nordstrom - closed for COVID, 217 West 57th Street
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Closed for COVID
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Closed for COVID
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Closed for COVID

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