Building: 265 Riverside Drive

Construction began on 265 Riverside Drive in 1909 and was completed in early 1910. Designed by George F. Pelham and owned by the West Side Construction Company, the building had 2 apartments on the first floor and 3 apartments per floor on the 10 floors above. In 1932 the building was gutted and rebuilt with 7 apartments per floor around the original 2 elevator banks. It reopened in 1933 with 6 apartments on the main floor and 70 apartments above. The building was incorporated as a cooperative in 1992, and today the building has 75 apartments.

Situated on the a quiet one-lane section of Riverside Drive on the south side of West 99th Street, this striking Classical building has a three-story rusticated limestone base, a curved façade at the corner of Riverside Drive and 99th Street, and a raised entrance with a portico with two pairs of fluted columns. 265 Riverside Drive has a part-time doorman, allows for 80% financing, and features a laundry room and a bicycle room in the basement.