“Room at the Top” Tour of Walker Tower
David V. Griffin, Founder & CEO of Landmark Branding LLC, and Jennifer Wallace, co-founder of leading arts advisory firm nAscent Art New York, are pleased to announce an upcoming event in our networking series “Room at the Top,” to be held at Walker Tower, 212 West 18th Street, this September. Griffin and Wallace will co-host… Continue reading
501 Fifth Avenue
501 Fifth Avenue, the earliest true skyscraper to be erected on the avenue north of 34th Street, was completed in 1917. The building was designed by Montague Flagg (not to be confused with the artist of the same name), brother of the better-known architect Ernest Flagg, and is a handsome example of the Beaux Arts… Continue reading
489 Fifth Avenue
A striking black and white sliver building, 489 Fifth Avenue was designed in 1970 by the firm of Kahn & Jacobs. A rather alarming Fifth Avenue façade is augmented by a south-facing wall that suggests Russian Constructivism.
483 Fifth Avenue, the Rogers Peet Building
An unobtrusive Beaux Arts building, 483 Fifth Avenue, also known as the Rogers Peet Building, was constructed in 1916. A recent conversion into the Anduz Hotel has brightened the facades, although the new three-story penthouse makes an ungainly transition from old to new.
475 Fifth Avenue, The Farmers’ Loan & Trust Building
Constructed in 1926 as the Farmers’ Loan & Trust Building, 475 Fifth Avenue is a skyscraper design by Starrett & van Vleck, whose Lord & Taylor flagship stands just a few blocks to the south. A mish-mash of Gothic and Romanesque elements, it sports some of the avenue’s most insidious-looking gargoyles. The original crested mansard… Continue reading