Central Park Place

301 West 57th Street | also 975 8th Avenue, 979 8th Avenue, 977 8th Avenue | Hell's Kitchen | built 1987

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1987
June
Falling lumber from the tower under construction kills a pedestrian
In June 1987, a piece of lumber breaks loose from one of the higher floors of Central Park Place during a wind storm. It hits a pedestrian on Eighth Avenue, who later dies. The tower is still under construction and will not be finished until 1988.
Source: Wikipedia
1988
Central Park Place is completed as a 628-foot condominium tower
Developer William Zeckendorf Jr. and architects Davis Brody Bond complete Central Park Place in 1988, a 56-story, 628-foot tower on West 57th Street with 300 condominium apartments. Sales begin in September 1987, and prices when the building opens range from $200,000 to $4 million. By mid-1990, 99 percent of the units have been sold.
Source: Wikipedia
1993
Police seize $240 million of heroin in an apartment at the tower
In 1993, New York City police raid an apartment on the 27th floor of Central Park Place and carry out what is then their largest-ever heroin seizure. They recover about $240 million worth of the drug, packed in 562 packets stored in five black suitcases.
Source: Wikipedia

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