Trump Parc
Trump Parc and Trump Parc East are two adjoining buildings at the southwest corner of
Trump Parc: Barbizon-Plaza Hotel
The 38-story
At some point, likely around World War II, the top of the building was altered to its present form with a stylish design. Carter B. Horsley of The City Review said, "Its only rivals in audacity are the Chrysler Building and the former RCA/GE tower".[6]
During World War II, two floors of the hotel were reserved for the use of Royal Navy officers based in or passing through New York City. At this time there was a drug-store on the ground floor of the hotel.[7] New York society ladies served tea to the British officers every afternoon.[8]
From the late 1950s through the mid-1960s, the Barbizon-Plaza Hotel hosted multiple events by
Donald Trump purchased the hotel and the neighboring apartment building in 1981. On December 14, 1985, he closed the hotel to prepare for conversion to condominiums.[12] He renamed the property as "Trump Parc" and completed the conversion with 340 condominium units around 1988.
Trump Parc East: 100 Central Park South
100 Central Park South is a 14-story building that was built as an apartment complex around 1917 by John J. Hearn.[13]
Trump purchased the Barbizon Plaza Hotel and 100 Central Park South from
By 1985, 60 of the building's 80 units were occupied, with about half being rent-controlled and the rest being rent-stabilized. Trump's intention was to replace the two buildings with a new one, which would be "one of the finest pieces of real estate in New York."In a February 1985
Trump (as Park South Associates) sued to evict the tenants in 1981, and in 1982 the management company ordered six tenants to comply with rules ignored for 30 years, giving them 10 days to comply. Trump, in newspaper advertisements, also offered to house homeless in the vacated units, which was seen as a threat to the remaining tenants. The tenants raised funds and hired legal counsel, receiving an injunction against the compliance orders in 1984. In 1985 the harassment case was brought to the state's Division of Housing and Community Renewal, with the city mentioning daily harassment, "wrongful acts and omissions", bogus nonpayment notices, and utilities that were turned off, by Trump's agents.[16][17][18] The city lost an injunction against Trump in September 1985, with the State Supreme Court justice stating that "The danger of irreparable harm to the tenants seems to be minimal now that the challenged activities of the defendants are under the scrutiny of the various departments of the City of New York."[19] The hearings were still open in November 1985, even though Trump had claimed victory.[20]
Trump countersued, citing the
Ultimately, in 1986, Trump dropped the eviction suit, allowing the tenants to stay with their rent controls in place and paying their legal fees of over $500,000.[23] Trump stated he would not continue with demolition but would renovate the building to "take advantage of the strong real-estate market now."[24][25]
After a final settlement in 1988, the building was converted to a condominium with 51 rent-regulated tenants remaining. In 2016 some rent-controlled tenants were paying less than $1000 for a one-bedroom apartment along Central Park.[26]
Notable tenants have included
References
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- ^ a b Greenberg, Jonathan (April 20, 2018). "Trump lied to me about his wealth to get onto the Forbes 400. Here are the tapes". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on September 8, 2019. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
- ^ a b Schwartz, Tony (February 1985). "A Different Kind of Donald Trump Story: The Cold War on Central Park South". New York. pp. 34–40. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
- ^ a b c Wishnia, Steven (April 2016). "How Rent-Stabilized Tenants Foiled Donald Trump". METCouncilOnHousing.org. Metropolitan Council on Housing. Archived from the original on August 19, 2016. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
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- ^ James, George (November 3, 1985). "TENANTS SEEK MORE HEARINGS ON TRUMP'S EVICTION EFFORTS". The New York Times. Archived from the original on August 19, 2016. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
- ^ "Park South Associates v. Fischbein, 626 F. Supp. 1108 (S.D.N.Y. 1986)". Justia. Archived from the original on July 16, 2017. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
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- ^ James, George (March 5, 1985). "TRUMP DROPS 5-YEAR EFFORT TO EVICT TENANTS". The New York Times. Archived from the original on August 20, 2016. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
- ^ "Trump and Residents Settle a 5-Year Dispute". The New York Times. December 21, 1986. Archived from the original on August 19, 2016. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
- ^ a b Mahler, Jonathan (April 18, 2016). "Tenants Thwarted Donald Trump's Central Park Real Estate Ambitions". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 22, 2016. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
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Further reading
- "Bondholders Buy Big 6th Av. Hotel," The New York Times (July 15, 1933).
- Gray, Christopher. "Streetscapes /Readers' Questions; Echoes of a Union Hall; Artificial Sunlight," The New York Times (June 6, 1999).
- "New 40-Story Hotel On Sixth Av. Opens," The New York Times (May 12, 1930).
- Stern, Robert A. M.; Gilmartin, Patrick; Mellins, Thomas (1987). New York 1930: Architecture and Urbanism Between the Two World Wars. New York: Rizzoli. OCLC 13860977.