San Remo Apartments (originally San Remo Hotel)

Abstract

IN THE San Remo Apartments, Emery Roth successfully combined nostalgia for Old World elegance with the modernist aesthetic of skyscraper living. The San Remo’s Italian Renaissance styling, though pared down to a picturesque minimum, is sufficient to convey the status of its residents. Garlanded cartouches and curved broken pediments top twin entries that lead to separate towers. Inside, the small lobbies are paneled in exotic shades of beige, oxblood, and salmon marble.