A June 2022 New York Times article by Penelope Green recounted the history of the Belnord, the apartment building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan (at West 86th Street and Broadway) that stands in for the "Arconia" building in this show. Green wrote that when the Belnord was built in 1909, it was publicized as "the largest apartment building in the country, and maybe the world," and it remained a prestigious place to live into the 1960s (celebrities with apartments there included Lee Strasberg, Walter Matthau, Zero Mostel, and Isaac Bashevis Singer), but its owner became "both litigious and recalcitrant, refusing to fix even the simplest issues, but energetic enough to sue not only her tenants but also the landlord association that threw her out for not paying her dues." This led to a sixteen-year rent strike and many lawsuits; finally the building was sold in 1994 and its new owner put over 100 million dollars into renovations until it was restored to its former luxury.
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