A Night Above 57th Street at Central Park Tower
A cocktail reception for an $18 million apartment opened onto three different views of life in the tower, from a 47th-floor residence to the private club a thousand feet above Manhattan.
At street level, the address announces itself in gold. Above 57th Street, the brightest line in the photographs runs through Times Square. In the view from the 100th-floor club, reflections from the room sit on the glass, so the skyline and the interior appear in the same frame.
A residence shown after dark
The November 12 cocktail reception showcased residence 47C, a three-bedroom apartment on the 47th floor listed for $18 million. The windows draw the eye out of the living room and across the skyline. After dark, the lights of Midtown pick out the streets below.
Ten Cubed, a thousand feet up
We also went up to the 100th floor to see Ten Cubed. Ten cubed is a thousand, roughly how many feet the club sits above the street. We saw the cigar lounge, and the building’s Central Park Club also has a private restaurant led by Executive Chef Luis Nieto. The corner sky lounge has a wine cellar and humidor.
A separate WEDO gathering on the 14th floor
We also stopped by a separate Women’s Entrepreneurship Day Organization gathering on the 14th floor. WEDO, founded by Wendy Diamond, supports women building businesses through education and connections to other founders and investors. Its New York summit program for the following day listed the Pioneer Awards and sessions at the United Nations. The 14th-floor stop came on the eve of that summit.
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