The El Dorado

The The El Dorado is an Art-deco skyscraper designed by Margon & Holder, and built between 1929 and 1931 in New York, NY.

The El Dorado is not the only name you might know this building by though. The building is, or has also been known as 300 Central Park West.

Its precise street address is 300 Central Park West, New York, NY. You can also find it on the map here.

The The El Dorado is a structure of significant importance both for the city of New York and the United States as a nation. The building embodies the distinctive characteristic features of the time in which it was built and the Art Deco style. Because of that, the The El Dorado was officially declared as a national landmark on July 9^th 1985.

The building has been restored 4 times over the years to ensure its conservation and adaptation to the pass of time. The main restoration works happened in 1980, 1982, 1995 and 2000.

Margon & Holder was the architecture firm in charge of the architectural design. But there was also one other architect involved, as far as we know. We are talking about Emery Roth.

That being said, architecture is a complex discipline involving many professionals from different fields, without whom this building would have not been possible. We will surely be leaving out a lot of names here, but here is a list of the people we do know also played their part in making the The El Dorado a reality:

• Elkay Builders Corporation as the Main Contractor
• Louis Klosk as the Main Developer

The The El Dorado can be categorized as an Art-deco building.

The The El Dorado was completed in 1931, right when the Art Deco movement was at its peak, so it kind of went with the trend at that time.

From an aesthetic point of view, the facade features yellow cast stone covering the first three floors. Starting from the fourth floor, the facade features a combination of toasted and brown bricks along with light terracotta. The main entrance is framed by three angular metal arches. Stone is present on some of the balconies, and terracotta and bronze are used for the facade pillar decorations.

Other materials found at the The El Dorado include, marble, used in the floor of the main lobby, and wood, found in panels covering the walls of the lobby.