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.
huh? people who have lived there for a long time
So who are the older residents?
I’ve looked at two classic 7s in the last six months – fabulous spaces, great flow and layout. One sold very close to its $1.2 mil asking – other was a sponsor-owned unit on the top floor that the sponsor pulled and is renting out for another year because he wasn’t getting offers close enough to his $1.5 mil asking price.
The lobby and hallways do look a little dated and dark but not at all in disrepair.
I met the building’s board prez on the street and she hinted at some new shareholder-old resident tension but thought the older residents were coming around to the view that it was worth it to invest in some improvements.
I’ve looked at a couple of Classic 7 apartments in Copley Plaza. Brownstoner’s right. It certainly has faded from its glory days. However, the good news is that it looks like it’s turning around, e.g., updated elevator. Don’t know if there’s gentrification tension within the building between the new shareholders and the long-time residents.
The windows, the a/c units, the facade, the curtains (or lack thereof) in some of the apartments suggested a building that hasn’t been kept up to the level that it started out at. That’s all. Our comments were in the context of it looking like a beautiful, grand building.
If you’re never even been inside of this building, then how could you possibly know enough to make such a broad generalization about it?
Yeesh.
This is NYC. There’s street noise.
street noise might be a problem
BTW: Each floor has five apts. The windows you seed from Eastern PW belong to two apts of about 2000sqf each. These apts have additional windows either on the side street or north. Smaller apts in the back of the building. If you search for a classic 6 or classic 7 this is your building. The floor plans for the big apts flow wonderfully. These kind of apts you will never find in a newly constructed condo.