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.
1048 Fifth Avenue, The Neue Galerie
Called “one of the finest mansions on Fifth Avenue” by the New York Landmarks Commission, 1048 Fifth Avenue was designed by Carrere & Hastings, the architects of the New York Public Library at Fifth & 42nd Street, among other major buildings. Built for William Starr Miller, the house was later purchased by Grace Wilson Vanderbilt,… Continue reading