1485 Fifth Avenue, Fifth on the Park

A flashy anomaly in the neighborhood, 1485 Fifth Avenue, also known as “Fifth on the Park”, is a 2007 design by FXFOWLE Architects.  A highly sculptural ground floor is offset by a red brick approximation of Art Moderne above; the effect is playful if somewhat aggressively so. FXFOWLE Architects’ credits include the mock-deconstructionist 4 Time… Continue reading

1484 Fifth Avenue, The Mt. Pisgah Turner Methodist Episcopal Church

1484 Fifth Avenue, like its neighbor to the south, was probably originally a commercial building.  The faux stone facing and pointed windows on the first floor were presumably added at some point during its current incarnation as the Mt. Pisgah Turner African Methodist Episcopal Church.