825 Fifth Avenue
Perhaps J.E.R. Carpenter’s most striking residential project, 825 Fifth Avenue is a 23-story tower with a dramatically pitched red tile roof and contains 66 apartments. An imposing presence when glimpsed from the park or Madison Avenue (as shown here), it is equally handsome at the street level. The building was completed in 1926.
820 Fifth Avenue
One of the most prestigious Beaux Arts apartment houses facing Central Park, 820 Fifth Avenue was designed by Starrett & van Vleck, a firm better known for their elegant department stores such as Lord & Taylor and Saks Fifth Avenue. A bastion of exclusivity even by the standards of the Upper East Side, the building… Continue reading
817 Fifth Avenue
A staid example of the Italian Renaissance Revival by George B. Post & Sons, 817 Fifth Avenue was completed in 1916 and converted to a co-op in 1974. 817 Fifth Avenue contains only 16 apartments. As is common with buildings along Central Park, the entrance is actually on the street rather than the avenue, to… Continue reading
810 Fifth Avenue
The southernmost of the Beaux Arts apartment houses that dominate this stretch of Central Park, 810 Fifth Avenue is also one of the most exclusive. Consisting of only 12 residences including a multi-story penthouse, the building was completed in 1926 to plans by J.E.R. Carpenter, one of the leading apartment house architects of the day;… Continue reading
2 East 61st Street, The Pierre Hotel
Another tour-de-force fantasy from Schultz & Weaver, architects of the Sherry-Netherland a block to the south, The Pierre Hotel of 1929 is French rather than Flemish, Classical rather than Gothic and limestone rather than brick, but the results are equally charming at the street level and memorable upon the skyline. The somewhat labyrinthine interiors include… Continue reading