The Schuyler & Stuyvesant Buildings, 102 & 104 Fifth Avenue

The Schuyler Building at 102 Fifth Avenue and the Stuyvesant Building at 104 Fifth Avenue represent a rather incoherent building history with no less than three architects involved: John Woolley, Charles Hess, and Albert S. Gottlieb, the last of whom designed the Knickerbocker Building across the street. Like that structure, these twinned behemoths are massive… Continue reading

99-101 Fifth Avenue

Designed by Mulliken & Moeller, 99-101 Fifth Avenue was erected in 1909 for the consortium of the 101 Fifth Avenue Company. Similar in design to 87 Fifth Avenue, which preceded it by 8 years, the building features a restrained façade where twin doors flank a central shop window original to the building. Mulliken & Moeller… Continue reading

97 Fifth Avenue

Like many other buildings on this stretch of Fifth, 97 Fifth Avenue was designed by Robert Maynicke and like 95 Fifth Avenue, the Maynicke-designed building across the street to the south, fills the narrow site formerly occupied by a townhouse. At 97 Fifth Avenue a façade of painted brick with terra cotta trim rises eight stories above the… Continue reading

95 Fifth Avenue

A Robert Maynicke design, 95 Fifth Avenue is a slender building of 1899 that brackets its block with a nicely considered collection of Beaux Arts details.

91-93 Fifth Avenue

Designed by the highly eclectic architect Louis Korn, whose 12 Fifth Avenue shows his ability to juggle details and scale, 91-93 Fifth Avenue is one of the most elaborately detailed buildings on this stretch of Fifth, from the three-story bay window to the caryatids – female sculptural figures that support a cornice, portico or other… Continue reading