1125 Fifth Avenue
A nicely detailed brick and limestone tower with a water tower enclosure designed to resemble an Italian Campanile, 1125 Fifth Avenue is a handsome addition to the streetscape. The building was completed in 1925 and contains only one apartment per its 16 floors.
1120 Fifth Avenue
A somewhat more lavishly detailed building that 1115 Fifth Avenue to the south, 1120 Fifth Avenue is also by J.E.R. Carpenter and was also finished in 1926.
1115 Fifth Avenue
An attractive 1926 design courtesy J.E.R. Carpenter, 1115 Fifth Avenue is crowned with an unusual not-quite Art Deco glass-walled penthouse.
1109 Fifth Avenue, the Jewish Museum
The oldest still extant Jewish museum, the first one established in the Unites States and the largest collection of art by Jewish artists and artifacts pertaining to Jewish culture outside of Israel, the Jewish Museum is housed in the magnificent Warburg Mansion, another Chateauesque tour-de-force from C.P.H. Gilbert, whose Ukrainian Institute is houses in a… Continue reading
1107 Fifth Avenue
1107 Fifth Avenue replaced the enormous Hutton Mansion – and did so only after Mrs. E. F. Hutton ensured that her house would be virtually replicated as the building’s triplex penthouse. The uppermost floors of this building echo the original structure, with the Palladian window visible at the upper part of the photo taking the… Continue reading