The Corinthian (Manhattan)

The Corinthian is a 58-story apartment building that was New York City's largest apartment building when it opened in 1988.DesignIt was designed by Der Scutt, design architect, and Michael Schimenti. Its fluted towers with bay windows are unusual compared to the traditional boxy shape of buildings in the city, and it bears a resemblance to Marina City and Lake Point Tower in Chicago. The building incorporates a portion of the former East Side Airlines Terminal designed by John B. Peterkin and opened in 1953.FactsAt 1100000sqft it is the largest project of Bernard Spitzer. It occupies approximately two thirds of a city block between First Avenue and Tunnel Entrance Street and between East 37th and 38th Streets, and overlooks the Manhattan entrance to the Queens-Midtown Tunnel. It has 863 apartments, 125000sqft of commercial space on the first through third floors, a 48000sqft garage and roof deck.At the entrance to the building is a cascading, semicircular waterfall fountain and an Aristides Demetrios bronze sculpture, "Peirene." Its lobby is 90ft long and 28ft high.