530 Fifth Avenue, The Bank of New York Building
An all-business essay in very late Art Moderne, The Bank of New York Building at 530 Fifth Avenue was completed in 1959 and reflects in its limestone detailing a bid for contextuality with the famed Rockefeller Center a few blocks to the north. Its dignity has been severely damaged by the discordant shopfronts that now… Continue reading
“Room at the Top” at Stella Tower
On behalf of Landmark Branding LLC, nAscent Art New York and Vickey Barron of Douglas Elliman, we’re pleased to say that our recent installment of “Room at the Top” was an amazing evening! Over 30 professionals from the real estate and arts & culture worlds gathered at Stella Tower for a completely booked private tour… Continue reading
529 Fifth Avenue
Like 522 Fifth Avenue directly across the street, 529 Fifth Avenue consists of the mid-century recladding of a much older building, this time a 1906 bank by noted architect Henry Ives Cobb. The result is inoffensive but not particularly memorable.
522 Fifth Avenue
A haughty proto-PostModern cube enlivened by a columned entryway and pseudo-Beaux Arts chandeliers (a surprisingly successful touch from architect Jeff Sydness), 522 Fifth Avenue is currently under renovation at the ground floors. The building was originally constructed in 1896 as the famed Sherry Hotel by McKim, Mead & White; it was stripped of its ornate exterior… Continue reading
Sidewalk Clock, 522 Fifth Avenue
This 1907 Seth Thomas Sidewalk Clock, 522 Fifth Avenue, encased in a design by the great Grovesnor Atterbury, provides a handsomely business-like counterpoint to its more lavishly detailed sibling at 200 Fifth Avenue. It is owned by the Morgan Guaranty Trust Company, the famed banking institution, who moved it from its former location when the… Continue reading