920 Fifth Avenue
Another J.E.R. Carpenter design, 920 Fifth Avenue was completed in 1922 and features handsome exterior detailing. The vast apartments within feature multiple working fireplaces among other amenities.
912 Fifth Avenue
912 Fifth Avenue is a restrained design from the firm of Schwartz & Gross whose better known and far more flamboyant Art Deco creations include 55 Central Park West, the apartment house featured in “Ghostbusters”.
Just Off Fifth: 7 East 72nd Street
In complete contrast to its white brick neighbor at 912 Fifth Avenue, the Jennings Mansion at 7 East 72nd Street is an eye-popping catalogue of Beaux Arts architecture at its most unconstrained. Built in 1898 for Oliver Jennings, 7 East 72nd Street was designed by Ernest Flagg, whose best-known remaining New York building is the… Continue reading
910 Fifth Avenue
Once a 12 story Beaux-Arts building similar is style to 907 Fifth Avenue directly across 72nd Street, 910 Fifth Avenue was stripped to its steel skeleton in 1959 and rebuilt as a 16-story white brick apartment house in the then generic “white brick” style. Writing of 910 Fifth Avenue, historian Andrew Alpern opined that “its… Continue reading
907 Fifth Avenue
One of J.E.R. Carpenter’s most substantial buildings, 907 Fifth Avenue was completed in 1916 and was the first such building to replace an existing mansion (998 Fifth Avenue was completed in 1910 but was constructed on an open lot). The building won Carpenter the gold medal of the American Institute of Architects for 1916 and… Continue reading