Every Building on Fifth

Real Estate Weekly article by David V. Griffin on the Zimmerman Collection

We’re pleased to link to a Real Estate Weekly article by Landmark Branding CEO & Founder David V. Griffin on architect Howard L. Zimmerman’s unique collection of architectural fragments. Including everything from a replicated Plaza Hotel balcony to an ancient salvaged water tank girder, Zimmerman’s collection attests to his firm’s versatility in dealing with restoration… Continue reading

153-157 Fifth Avenue, The Scribner Building

A Beaux Arts tour-de-force and one of architect Ernest Flagg’s extant masterpieces, 153-57 Fifth Avenue, the original Scribner Building, was constructed in 1893-1894 as the headquarters of the famed Charles Scribner’s Sons’ publishing house. Flagg’s first commercial commission, the Indiana limestone-faced building is a trove of Renaissance details (including two pert, banner-bearing cherubs above the… Continue reading

149-151 Fifth Avenue

Built in 1917-1918, 149-151 Fifth Avenue is the final building constructed on the Ladies’ Mile to designs by Robert Maynicke and represents the evolution of both the firm of Maynicke & Franke and of commercial architecture in New York. On the cusp of the Roaring Twenties the Beaux Arts style was becoming passe and Art Deco had… Continue reading

148-152 Fifth Avenue

A robust example of the Romanesque Revival, 148-152 Fifth Avenue was erected by the Methodist Book Concern, a religious and educational charity founded in 1779. Designed by architect Edward H. Kendall and built in 1888-1890, it is one of the earliest skyscrapers on this stretch of Fifth Avenue. The heavily rusticated base, multi-story arcades and lavishly… Continue reading

146 Fifth Avenue

Another altered townhouse, 146 Fifth Avenue’s style is given in the Landmark Preservation Commission’s Designation Report as “none.” Pink-beige brick and Chicago frame windows are bisected by one of Fifth Avenue’s few street-facade fire escapes. The upper portion of the building is finished, inexplicably, with white brick. Along with 14 Fifth Avenue, 146 Fifth Avenue is… Continue reading