820 Fifth Avenue
One of the most prestigious Beaux Arts apartment houses facing Central Park, 820 Fifth Avenue was designed by Starrett & van Vleck, a firm better known for their elegant department stores such as Lord & Taylor and Saks Fifth Avenue. A bastion of exclusivity even by the standards of the Upper East Side, the building contains only 12 apartments, all of which are served by three private elevators apiece: one for family, one for luggage and staff…and a “party” elevator designed to accommodate groups of guests.
820 Fifth Avenue has been home to numerous notable figures, including art collectors Charles and Jayne Wrightsman, CBS President William Paley and his socialite wife Babe and the philanthropist, arts patron and jazz aficionado Louise Crane.