236-238 Fifth Avenue
Designed by Buchman & Fox in 106 and completed in 1907, 236-238 Fifth Avenue boasts a handsome double entrance flanking a period shop-front currently occupied by Ilili Restaurant. The architecture is of a muscular Beaux Arts strain in keeping with the solid commercial buildings of the Ladies’ Mile to the south.
228-232 Fifth Avenue, The Victoria Building
The third of a trio of skyscrapers on the west side of Fifth Avenue just north of Madison Square Park, 228-232 Fifth Avenue, also known as the Victoria Building, is a design by Schwartz & Gross, who also designed the eye-catching 212-216 Fifth Avenue a block south. Replacing the Victoria Hotel, a famed work by… Continue reading
222 Fifth Avenue
An elegant and assured façade, 222 Fifth Avenue was converted from a brownstone house in 1912 by architect John C. Westervelt. It is an excellent representation of the upscale shop-front style of early 20th Century New York and an illustration of how civilized and gracious the commercial culture of that era could be. Sympathetic stewardship… Continue reading
213-231 Fifth Avenue, The Brunswick Building
A block-spanning behemoth, 213-231 Fifth Avenue (also known as 225 Fifth Avenue) began its existence as the Brunswick Building in 1906. The original plan had been to replace the storied Brunswick Hotel, which stood on the site, with a more up-to-date hostelry, but fashionable New York had already moved uptown by the early 20th Century… Continue reading
210 Fifth Avenue
A wonderfully opulent Beaux Arts fantasy by John B. Snook & Sons, who also completed the far more prosaic 118 Fifth Avenue to the south, 210 Fifth Avenue is a double-height wedge of Second Empire Paris, replete with scrolls, balconies and cartouches and topped with one of the avenue’s best mansard roofs. Built for a… Continue reading