20 Fifth Avenue
Posted on September 13, 2013 by — No Comments
Designed by Boak & Paris, 20 Fifth Avenue is a transitional work for the district, completed in 1939 when few large-scale luxury dwellings were being constructed in the city. Its architecture represents an intriguing inter-period mix of jazz-era historicism and the post-war functionalism to come. Details are heavily Neo-Classical, but applied to a surprisingly dynamic… Continue reading