912 Fifth Avenue
912 Fifth Avenue is a restrained design from the firm of Schwartz & Gross whose better known and far more flamboyant Art Deco creations include 55 Central Park West, the apartment house featured in “Ghostbusters”.
Just Off Fifth: 7 East 72nd Street
In complete contrast to its white brick neighbor at 912 Fifth Avenue, the Jennings Mansion at 7 East 72nd Street is an eye-popping catalogue of Beaux Arts architecture at its most unconstrained. Built in 1898 for Oliver Jennings, 7 East 72nd Street was designed by Ernest Flagg, whose best-known remaining New York building is the… Continue reading
907 Fifth Avenue
One of J.E.R. Carpenter’s most substantial buildings, 907 Fifth Avenue was completed in 1916 and was the first such building to replace an existing mansion (998 Fifth Avenue was completed in 1910 but was constructed on an open lot). The building won Carpenter the gold medal of the American Institute of Architects for 1916 and… Continue reading
The Frick Art Reference Library, 10 East 71st Street
Founded by Helen Clay Frick as a memorial to her father Henry, whose collection is housed in the mansion directly adjacent, the Frick Art Reference Library is one of the most important such institutions in the country. Holding over 228,000 monographs and nearly 3,500 periodical titles, the library’s focus is on the history and development… Continue reading
The Frick Collection, 1 East 70th Street
One of the city’s outstanding museums and one of the best such collections of its size in the world, the Frick Collection is housed in the former residence of Henry Clay Frick. A melding of French and English Neo-Classical influences, the mansion was designed by the architectural firm of Carrere & Hastings, whose best-known work… Continue reading