A HISTORY OF THE CLAYTON
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Explore the land we occupy, the neighborhood around us, the architect who designed the building, the developers who built it, and the history of the building itself!
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From its earliest days as part of the Lenape lands, to its use as farmland by the Apthorp family, and eventually its sale to William B. Astor, the land at block 1240 (W.92nd Street & Broadway) has a long and evolving history.
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Farmland, low-rise buildings, a new hand-dug subway, the tallest residential towers of their day. The neighborhood of today's Upper West Side has seen it all and evolved over the years.
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Son of a Sicilian plasterer, Rosario Candela emigrated to the United States at 19. By the time he graduated from Columbia University, colleagues referred to him as a "genius". Then he received his first solo commission - The Clayton - and the rest, as they say, is history.
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Anthony Campagna and the Paterno Family came from humble beginnings in Italy and established a construction dynasty that erected more than 164 buildings in New York City and resulted in Campagna being made a Count. |
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Some architectural details of The Clayton have remained unchanged since 1922, but some other features - automatic elevators, doormen, and the turnover of the retail tenants - have seen regular change over 100 years.
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