242 Fifth Avenue

One of one of only a handful of cast iron façades on Fifth Avenue itself, 242 Fifth Avenue is a currently under renovation.  We’ll be revisiting when it emerges from its scaffolding.

241 Fifth Avenue

Originally known as 239-241 Fifth Avenue and formerly the site of the Fifth Avenue Bazaar, a singularly tacky Po-Mo horror, 241 Fifth Avenue is one of the first new condominium buildings in MoMad and the first purpose-built residential structure north of 106-108 Fifth Avenue. Designed by ODA Architects and completed in 2014, the building shares… Continue reading

240 Fifth Avenue

Only the slight curving at the top of the windows suggests the grace and charm of the original architecture of 240 Fifth Avenue: a once-grand mid-19th century brownstone shorn of its details, not even the cornice remains.  The inserted shop-front (seemingly of mid-20th century vintage) is a klutzy mess. Compare with 226 Fifth Avenue to… Continue reading

236-238 Fifth Avenue

Designed by Buchman & Fox in 106 and completed in 1907, 236-238 Fifth Avenue boasts a handsome double entrance flanking a period shop-front currently occupied by Ilili Restaurant.  The architecture is of a muscular Beaux Arts strain in keeping with the solid commercial buildings of the Ladies’ Mile to the south.

235-237 Fifth Avenue

The slender, faintly Gothic structure at 235-237 Fifth Avenue was designed by Trowbridge & Ackerman in 1911.  Planned as an 11-story structure, an amendment filed with the Department of Buildings during construction stated that the building would be topped off at seven stories with the additional floors to come at some future date. For reasons… Continue reading