2 East 70th Street
An elegant 1928 design by Rosario Candela, here working with the firm of Walker & Gillette, 2 East 70th Street replaced the Blair Mansion by Carrere & Hastings, a vast marble pile only 9 years old at the time of demolition. Candela’s building patterned itself after the previous structure, which had been designed to complement… Continue reading
2 East 67th Street aka 856 Fifth Avenue
A handsome limestone design by Rosario Candela, 2 East 67th Street was completed in 1928. The façade incorporates an upper-level loggia, a device associated with the Italian Renaissance and not commonly seen in New York City. During construction, the developer was engaged in a lawsuit with a neighbor over who had the rights to the… Continue reading
4 East 66th Street/845 Fifth Avenue
A conservative but well-proportioned building, 4 East 66th Street, also known as 845 Fifth Avenue, was designed by J.E.R. Carpenter in 1920. Carpenter was at the front of new zoning changes for this stretch of Fifth Avenue, bringing a lawsuit against the city that resulted in the widespread development of the Upper East Side with… Continue reading
834 Fifth Avenue
Designed by Rosario Candela, 834 Fifth Avenue was one of the last of New York’s great luxury buildings to be completed before the Great Depression put an end to demand for lavish housing. Faced with limestone and containing 24 apartments, the admirably austere design was altered during construction when a mansion to the south of… Continue reading
828 Fifth Avenue, The Edward Berwind Mansion
With the demolition of 815 Fifth Avenue, the Edward Berwind Mansion is the southernmost of the surviving townhouses that once lined Central Park from 59th street north to Harlem. Constructed for a Pennsylvania coal baron in 1896 to plans by the little-known architect Nathan Clark Mellen, the house is in an excellent state of preservation… Continue reading