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Wednesday, August 7, 2013

One last one: Architectural Investigator: 425 East 61st Street

This place intrigued me both from an architectural point of view and because there is no obvious external sign as to what ends this building functions..

Off to the public records first--yes, classified as an office building


Borough:ManhattanBlock:1456Lot:7501
Police Precinct:
19
Owner:
OTIC PROFESSIONAL CON

Address:
425EAST 61 STREET,NEW YORK10065
Lot Area:
22543 sf
Lot Frontage:
108'Lot Depth:201Year Built:1980
Number of Buildings:
1
Number of Floors:
13
Gross Floor Area:
289,057 sf (estimated)
Residential Units:
0Total # of Units:22
Land Use:
Commercial and Office Buildings
Zoning:
C8-4
Commercial Overlay:

Zoning Map #:
8c
Dept. of City Planning, PLUTO 12v2 © 2012 and other city agency sources
Now to see if there is anything else we can find out...Well, whaddya know, it is part of my hospital-- a health center as you will see here


Iris Cantor Health Center/425 E 61st St

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425 E 61st St, 12th Floor
New York, NY 10065
Phone: 646-962-2399
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Services Provided at This Location

Weill Cornell Medical Associates at the Iris Cantor Men's Health Center provides Internal Medicine, Cardiology and Endocrinology services to both men and women, in a state-of-the art facility. In addition to these primary care and subspecialty services, this integrated Center also houses the Department of Urology's Institute for Bladder and Prostate Health.
Meet the physicians who provide these services.

By Subway

The 4, 5, 6 trains to 59 St. Walk 2 blocks north to 61st St, right down 61st Street past 1st Avenue.
The F train to 63rd St. Walk 2 blocks south to north to 61st St, left down 61st Street past 1st Avenue.
The N, Q, R to Lexington Ave/59 St. Walk 1 block north to 61st St, right down 61st Street past 1st Avenue.

By Bus

The M15 runs along 1st Ave and stops at 62nd Street. Walk south to 61st Street, then east down 61st Street.
 
Finally, let us see if anyone has anything to say about the Iris Cantor Men's Health Center--Well, no reviews, but here is an old WSJ article about the founding of this place

Cantor's Widow Gives $20 Million for Men's Health

    By
  • SHELLY BANJO
Philanthropist Iris Cantor wants men to see their doctors.

The widow of B. Gerald "Bernie" Cantor, cofounder of global securities firm Cantor Fitzgerald, is giving $20 million to New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center to create the Iris Cantor Men's Health Center, a one-stop shop to provide medical care for men with a focus on internal medicine, urology and cardiology.

The men's health center, which will be completed in 2012, will allow patients to see a number of doctors in the same day, coming in during the morning and leaving the center by noon. Doctors will also be able to coordinate patient care among one another.

"Men are busy, stubborn and tough. It's hard to get them in for a checkup, let alone from one doctor to another," says Mrs. Cantor, a native of Brooklyn who now lives in Palm Beach, Fla.. "Then when you finally get them to the doctor, they have so many darn things wrong with them."

Mrs. Cantor points out that her husband, who died in 1996 of kidney disease, was an exception, "Bernie always went to the doctor," she says.

One in five men didn't see a physician at all in 2007, the last year in which data are available from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. That compares with one in 10 women, who didn't see a doctor.

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"Men can't leave work and go from doctor to doctor. One-stop shopping makes it easier and more accessible," Mrs. Cantor says.

The idea of a center focused on men came to Mrs. Cantor after decades of focusing on women's health care. After her sister died of breast cancer, she wanted to create a place where women could go to receive comprehensive health services designed around the specific needs of women.
She created women's health centers at the UCLA Health System in 1995 and New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center in 2002.

The centers were a success, she says, but men soon began to make up nearly 40% of the center's patients. "Through this gift, we are providing men with a center of their own and kicking them out of the women's center," Mrs. Cantor says.

Mrs. Cantor and her husband created their family foundation in 1978. After Mr. Cantor's death in 1996, she took over to continue fulfilling what she calls the "body and soul," focusing on health and art.
The couple are best known for their collection of art work by Auguste Rodin, some 750 pieces and the largest in the world, of which 450 have been donated to institutions. Last month, she gave 29 Rodin sculptures to help expand the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh and continues to circulate traveling exhibitions across the U.S., Australia, Canada, Japan and Singapore.
Write to Shelly Banjo at shelly.banjo@wsj.com
 
 

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