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GENERAL DESIGN ELEMENTS
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- Conceived in 1926
- 36-story mix of Regency and Art Deco, rising in a series of white brick setbacks to a giant pyramidal copper roof
- Designed by A. Rollin Caughey and William F. Evans, Jr.
- Interior designer Dorothy Draper (click to read more about Ms. Draper's work).
- Magnificent original interior design of public spaces retained, daring contrasts of black and white, over-scale plaster carving and extraordinary door moldings of cast clear glass
- Opened in 1937 as a rental building, owned by Eugene E. Lignante and H.K. Ferguson Company of Cleveland
- Converted to a cooperative in 1949
- Operated as a cooperative and full service hotel (self-managed) until the 1960’s
- 197 apartments/500+ rooms
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