Copley Plaza: Faded Beauty
It’s always a little sad when you see a building that you can tell was once a grand dame that has lost its lustre in middle age. The Copley Plaza at 37 Eastern Parkway strikes us as such a building. Its scale, its awning, its parkside location all harken back to its pre-depression-era glory days….
It’s always a little sad when you see a building that you can tell was once a grand dame that has lost its lustre in middle age. The Copley Plaza at 37 Eastern Parkway strikes us as such a building. Its scale, its awning, its parkside location all harken back to its pre-depression-era glory days. But the 12-story, 125,000-square-foot beauty, which was built in 1926, before anyone had heard of the term FAR, is showing signs of neglect. Standing across the street, the windows, and the flashes of interiors you can see through, them, look shabby, like no one’s had the dough to keep the place up. We’ve never even been inside the lobby but would love to know more about the building’s history and current status.
I looked at a classic 7 here in 1992. It was $165K and I offered $140K and they came to $150K. But I decided to go to 10 Plaza St for smaller apt but “better/safer” bldg/area for $90K.
The apt I looked at in Copely is now $1.25 mil! LOL
In 1999 I left Brooklyn and I sold 10 Plaza St apt for $165K and a few years later it sold for over $400K… LOL! oh well.
I now own/live in MASSIVE co-op on Grand Concourse… I need a nice apt (no shoeboxes for me!) and Bklyn was too $$$ for me. (sigh)
This building is great. My husband and I tried to buy there 3 times. Got outbid twice and got an outright rejection (the sponsor unit on the top floor). Some of the unrenovated units look a little shabby, but the apartments all (at least the 2 and 3 BRs) have great layouts. The feature that I like the best 1)the apartments all have multiple baths (with ensuite in the master bedroom) 2) the B line apartments have gigantic living/dining room plus large entry foyers 3) common areas are totally separate from the bedroom (no walking through the LR to get to the BRs) 4)the views are incredible (even on the 3rd floor). Even if it is faded, it is still a great beauty. I am STILL hoping to live there one day.
We’ll be happy to post some interior photos of the lobby or apartments from any of you who disagreed with our reaction. We’re happy to eat our words on this one. But again, our comments about it looking a little worse for the wear were in the context of it being a wonderful building.
By the look of this place, this building is close to being condemned!
http://www.brownharrisstevens.com/detail.aspx?id=507721
B-stoner, I respectfully disagree on this one.
Lack of curtains indicate a fading building?? Air conditioners also? So if the building owners don’t 1) have the excess money to go central air (which is also wasteful and unwarranted in this climaate) and 2) have the good sense to want maximum light and air (or just want the aesthetics of a clean look), the building is decaying. This may be the first time I can totally disagree with you.
The couple (?) who started this discussion certainly aren’t going to be invited to our apartment to view the fireworks on New Years Eve. The apartments have some of the best views in the City.
The “classic” means a pre-war apartment and the number following is the number of rooms. A classic 6 has two bedrooms plus living room, dining room, kitchen and maid’s room. Classic 7 has three bedrooms.
I stand corrected if the coop prez is not female; my broker mentioned that she had sold the coop prez’s apartment to her a while back and then we met the ‘prez’ walking outside the building.
what a classic 7? a 7 bedroom? where did the name classic come from? any relation to a junior 1 bedroom, etc.
Faded glory it is not. This is a great building with a number of apartments selling over $1.2M. The board is completely controlled by the shareholders (BTW the coop pres is not a female). The shareholders are neighborly and friendly. The buiding is in the midst of a significant facade improvement program.