[2] It was listed as a contributing property to the federal government designated Central Park West Historic District on November 9, 1982.

At first the property would not sell because they had placed an unusual restriction on it, no building built could exceed the height of The Dakota, which stands across 73rd Street.

[3] Other famous inhabitants have included Mick Jagger,[5] Maureen O'Sullivan and her daughter Mia Farrow, Robert Ryan, Basil Rathbone and Carly Simon.

[6][7] The building has cinematic appearances in Love at First Bite, and in the movie Hannah and Her Sisters scenes were filmed inside the apartment of Maureen O'Sullivan and Mia Farrow.

[8] The building was designed by architects Clinton & Russell, working for Abraham Boehm and Lewis Coon, in the French Second Empire style.

[9] It is also part of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission's Central Park West Historic District,[10] designated in 1990.