Every Building on Fifth

Just Off Fifth: Rizzoli Bookstore Threatened

Located at 31 West 57th Street, the Rizzoli Bookstore has been called one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world. Originally the offices and showroom of the Sohmer Piano Company, the circa 1905 store preserves extraordinary interior details, including vaulted plaster ceilings. Additions by architects Hardy, Holzman Pfeiffer Associates, who restored and renovated the… Continue reading

The New School University Center, 63 Fifth Avenue

Along with 61 Fifth across 13th Street to the south, the New School University Center at 63 Fifth is the first new ground-up construction on Fifth Avenue south of 14th Street in decades.  Replacing a generally undistingushed two-story building the design from Skidmore, Owings & Merrill’s Roger Duffy features brass “clapboards” and ribbon windows that reference… Continue reading

Simpson, Gumpertz & Heger Open House, February 5th, 2014

On an icy Wednesday, February 5th, Landmark Branding was pleased to be among the resilient guests at Simpson Gumpertz & Heger’s Open House reception.  The distinguished engineering firm, which specializes in designing, investigating and rehabilitating structures and building enclosures, recently moved its New York office to a new floor-wide space at 550 Seventh Avenue, one… Continue reading

Real Estate Weekly features article by Landmark Branding’s David V. Griffin

We’re pleased to link to a recent article in Real Estate Weekly by Landmark Branding LLC Founder & CEO David V. Griffin.  Titled “Renovation, restoration the trend in Midtown East,” the article looks at a number of major building projects that restore and reinvent some of the district’s classic office towers after the stalling of a… Continue reading

Faces on Fifth: Robert W. Pillsbury, President of the Salmagundi Club

In this installment of Faces on Fifth, our ongoing series on the people behind Fifth Avenue’s businesses, institutions and buildings, we speak with Robert W. Pillsbury, President of the Salmagundi Club. Located at 47 Fifth Avenue in the last intact brownstone on Fifth south of Harlem, the Salmagundi Club is one of the nation’s oldest… Continue reading