1083 Fifth Avenue
Until earlier this year, 1083 Fifth Avenue was the home of the National Academy Museum, an affiliate of the National Academy of Art, the nation’s oldest art school; the building is currently for sale, along with two sister properties on East 89th Street. A graceful design by Ogden Codman Jr., the present façade replaces an… Continue reading
1060 Fifth Avenue
A sober-sided J.E.R Carpenter design, 1060 Fifth Avenue is one of the architect’s largest buildings on Fifth Avenue, containing 48 apartments. It was completed in 1928.
1048 Fifth Avenue, The Neue Galerie
Called “one of the finest mansions on Fifth Avenue” by the New York Landmarks Commission, 1048 Fifth Avenue was designed by Carrere & Hastings, the architects of the New York Public Library at Fifth & 42nd Street, among other major buildings. Built for William Starr Miller, the house was later purchased by Grace Wilson Vanderbilt,… Continue reading
1040 Fifth Avenue
A gracious design by Rosario Candela, 1040 Fifth Avenue displays austere Neo-Classical details at the lower floors but rises to a highly complex and dramatically modeled penthouse tower. The building was erected in 1930.
1035 Fifth Avenue
Yet another distinguished J.E.R. Carpenter design, 1035 Fifth Avenue was erected in 1926. It rises from the site of a seven-story apartment house called, imaginatively enough, The Fifth Avenue Apartments, which was evidently considered something of an architectural intruder when completed in 1890. If only its detractors had had a crystal ball…