1056 Fifth Avenue
A building similar to its neighbor at 1050, 1056 Fifth Avenue is a post-war design faced in gold-beige brick. The architect was George F. Pelham for the development firm Simon Brothers. The building’s numerous cantilevered balconies have been mostly filled in to enlarge living space.
1050 Fifth Avenue
A gold-beige brick post-war building completed in 1960 to designs by Wechsler & Schimenti, 1050 Fifth Avenue shows some vigorous modeling at the upper stories. A fountain graces the handsome lobby.
998 Fifth Avenue
The apartment building that started the shift away from single homes on Fifth Avenue, 998 Fifth Avenue was not the first nor the largest luxury apartment house in New York when it was constructed in 1910-1912 (the far larger Dakota Apartments on Central Park West was completed in 1883) but it was the first to… Continue reading
995 Fifth Avenue, The Stanhope
Constructed in 1926 as the Stanhope Hotel to designs by Rosario Candela, 995 Fifth Avenue was the only hotel on Fifth Avenue north of the Pierre at 62nd Street. Its location directly across from the Metropolitan Museum of Art made it a popular place for lunch among the city’s museum-goers and its cabaret performances were… Continue reading
988 Fifth Avenue
Containing only a dozen apartments, 988 Fifth Avenue is another high-quality design by J.E.R. Carpenter. Inspired by Italian Renaissance palazzos, the building was completed in 1926.