The Paterno

The Paterno is a Manhattan apartment building located at 116th Street and Riverside Drive and also known as 440 Riverside Drive. The building is noted for its curved facade, impressive marble lobby with a stained-glass ceiling, and substantial porte-cochère. Across 116th Street, The Paterno faces the Colosseum, another building with a similar curved facade. The New York Times has said that the "opposing curves, (form) a gateway as impressive as any publicly built arch or plaza in New York.[1]

The Paterno and Colosseum were both developed by Charles V. Paterno (1876–1946) and designed by the architectural firm of Schwartz & Gross.[2]

The Paterno has been featured in films Enchanted and Enemies, a Love Story.

References

  1. ↑ Gray, Christopher (August 15, 1999). "The Colosseum and the Paterno, 116th Street and Riverside Drive; At Curves in the Road, 2 Unusually Shaped Buildings". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-02-07.
  2. ↑ Renner, James (September 2001), "Dr. Charles V. Paterno", Washington Heights & Inwood Online, retrieved 2009-12-05

Coordinates: 40°48′32.06″N 73°57′54.98″W / 40.8089056°N 73.9652722°W