29 Fifth Avenue

Constructed in 1925 by Sugarman and Berger, 29 Fifth Avenue suggests a taller and slightly simplified version of the townhouse it replaced: at 7 stories and 3 bays wide, it is one of the smallest apartment buildings on the avenue.  The facade of Flemish bond brick sports a broken pediment at the entry and is topped off at the uppermost floor by a row of arched windows in the Federal style.  The ground floor features a cheery red door and window box that add to the overall feeling of snug domesticity.

Renowned for their superlative interiors, Sugarman & Berger collaborated with Harvey Wiley Corbett on his masterpiece at One Fifth Avenue.  Perhaps their best-known work is The New Yorker Hotel at 34th Street and Eighth Avenue, the tallest and largest hotel in the city at the time of its opening.  A heroically massed “Cubistic” building crowned with an enormous and iconic neon sign, the hotel dominates the view of midtown from New Jersey. One of the boldest examples of the setback age, it has recently been revived as part of the Ramada chain.

 

 

 

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