SeeUpper West Side

The San Remo

The historic building with the distinctive, iconic twin towers and a star-studded housing cooperative board. Built in 1930 in a vaguely Art Deco style to the design of Emery Roth, the San Remo actually has two separate addresses, lobbies and sets of shafts, each for a half of the building topped with a tower.

history

Address: 145 and 146 Central Park West
Getting there: between 74th and 75th Sts

Directions Suggest a nearby place

Listing from Wikivoyage: Manhattan/Upper West Side, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Updated 28 Sept 2026. Something wrong? Tell us.

Close by

SeeUpper West Side
New York Historical Society
Americana including Audubon’s watercolors of birds.
Tue-Thu 11AM-5PM, Fri 11AM-8PM, Sat Sun 11AM-5PM$24/adult, $19/senior/educator/military, $13/student, $6/child, children under 5 free
SeeUpper West Side
Dakota Building
This massive apartment building has been (and is!) home to many celebrities. Probably best known was the former Beatle John Lennon, who was gunned down outside the building on December 8, 1980, by a crazed fan. Lennon had been living at the Dakota with his second wife, Yoko Ono, who still resides in the building. A memorial to the former Beatle exists nearby in Central Park. The building has become a popular place of pilgrimage for many who admire Lennon.
DrinkUpper West Side
Alice's Tea Cup
Good tea selection, excellent scones and an Alice in Wonderland theme. Very popular with families with daughters
SeeCentral Park
Strawberry Fields
So named in 1981 in memory of John Lennon, the former Beatle, who was murdered close by outside his home in the Dakota building. Lennon's widow Yoko Ono, who still lives in the Dakota, subsequently donated $1 million to upgrade the area with hundreds of tree and flower species, including strawberries. The area serves as a Garden of Peace and includes a memorial floor mosaic (donated by the Italian city of Naples) that says simply "Imagine", referring to the title of one of Lennon's evocative songs.