The Normandy is 20 stories tall, with small twin towers rising above the 18th story.
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12 Facts About The Normandy
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Plans for the Normandy apartment building were announced in August 1938; it replaced twelve row houses built in the late 1890s.
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The Normandy is at 140 Riverside Drive in the Upper West Side neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City.
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The Normandy is situated on an "L"-shaped land lot with an area of 28,700 square feet.
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The site of the Normandy was occupied by twelve row houses that were built in 1896 by Henry Cook.
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The Normandy is 20 stories tall, although the main section of the building occupies 18 stories.
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The Normandy was the only apartment building on Riverside Drive to be designed with twin towers.
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The Normandy's facade contains decorative detail on all of its elevations.
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The Normandy's towers are placed above the 19th story of each pavilion.
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The Normandy is served by six high-speed elevators, which are grouped into two banks at the north and south ends of the lobby.
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The Normandy's owners proposed converting the building to a cooperative apartment house in 1971.
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The Normandy's lawyers said that an existing covenant prevented any "tenement flat or apartment house" from being built at 349 West 86th Street, but a New York Supreme Court judge found that the Normandy itself violated the same covenant.
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