587 Fifth Avenue
A narrow Baroque-Revival sliver, 587 Fifth Avenue resembles a half-portion version of the famed Scribner’s Building just to the north on the next block. Built in 1921 as the flagship of the leather goods and luggage designers Crouch & Fitzgerald, the location was praised as a “handsome new shop” in The American Perfumer and Essential… Continue reading
581 Fifth Avenue and 585 Fifth Avenue
Two small commercial buildings, one a largely intact Beaux Arts commercial building, the other a faceless post-war façade, 581 Fifth Avenue and 585 Fifth Avenue provide a study in contrast between architectural styles – and, perhaps, the tenants they attract.
576 Fifth Avenue, The Howard Building
Although the Howard Building at 576 Fifth Avenue is missing its original street-level columns and topmost cornice, it is still a handsome survivor from the district’s Edwardian days.
562 Fifth Avenue
Although Warren & Wetmore’s legacy may have taken a hit with 560 Fifth Avenue, they have thus far fared better directly across the street at 562 Fifth Avenue, a slender mini-skyscraper in a subdued classical mode where changes at the ground floor level have been in keeping with the overall building.
560 Fifth Avenue
One of the saddest of the recent architectural travesties in Midtown, the beautiful Beaux Arts shop at 560 Fifth Avenue that Grand Central Terminal architects Warren & Wetmore produced for jeweler Jacob Dreicer in 1906 has recently had its black-and gold marble first floor removed and its façade overall obscured with a sign for the… Continue reading