572 Fifth Avenue and 574 Fifth Avenue

Two neighboring buildings, one recently shorn of all exterior detail, the other currently under construction: we’ll be taking a closer look at 572 Fifth Avenue and 574 Fifth Avenue when the netting comes down. 574 Fifth Avenue has a Flemish Renaissance exterior that is rivaled on Fifth Avenue only by 166 Fifth Avenue in the… Continue reading

“Room at the Top” at the Daily News Building

David V. Griffin, Founder & CEO of Landmark Branding LLC, and Jennifer Wallace, Co-Founder of leading arts advisory firm nAscent Art New York, are pleased to announce an upcoming event in our networking series “Room at the Top,” to be held at the Daily News Building, 220 East 42nd Street. Under the sponsorship of TitleVest,… Continue reading

564-568 Fifth Avenue, Finchley’s Castle

A wonderful and nearly intact bit of Tudor Revival, 564-568 Fifth Avenue was designed by the author and artist Beverly S. King as “Finchley’s Castle” for the haberdasher Edwin L. Goodman.  Based on Elizabethan-period structures at King’s College, Cambridge, UK, the building was completed in 1924 and is Fifth Avenue’s only (partial) stucco & wood… Continue reading

565 Fifth Avenue

A glamorous production from architect Norman Jaffe, an architect better known for his highly romantic beach houses in the Hamptons, 565 Fifth Avenue was described as “Frank Lloyd Wright made sleek” by New York Times architectural critic Paul Goldberger.  The lobby is a dramatic assemblage of structural-based ornament; Emery Roth & Sons were the production… Continue reading

562 Fifth Avenue

Although Warren & Wetmore’s legacy may have taken a hit with 560 Fifth Avenue, they have thus far fared better directly across the street at 562 Fifth Avenue, a slender mini-skyscraper in a subdued classical mode where changes at the ground floor level have been in keeping with the overall building.