1220-1227 Fifth Avenue, the Museum of the City of New York
Posted on August 30, 2017 by — No Comments
A graceful Georgian Revival design by Joseph H. Freedlander, the Museum of the City of New York was founded in 1923 by the Scottish-born American historian Henry Collins Brown to preserve the city’s (even then) fast-disappearing history. Along with The New-York Historical Society, located on Central Park West and founded in 1799, the Museum of… Continue reading
372 Fifth Avenue
Posted on July 15, 2015 by — No Comments
372 Fifth Avenue is an austere example of Georgian Revival, closer to English than American Colonial models. The lower floors have seen an off-putting rebuild similar to that at 358 Fifth a block to the south.