One Fifth Avenue is a landmark apartment building overlooking Washington Square in Greenwich Village. The four-story base is clad in limestone, while the tower rises in brick. The architects used light and dark bricks to create vertical false shadows, accentuating the building’s height.
- Name: 1 Fifth Avenue
- Location: 1 Fifth Avenue
- Year Completed: 1927
- Architect: Hemle & Corbett, Sugarman & Berger
- Style: Art Deco
- NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission: Designation Report
- Wikipedia: One Fifth Avenue (Manhattan)
- City Realty: Carter Horsley review
- Google Map
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One Fifth Avenue is a landmark apartment building overlooking Washington Square in Greenwich Village.
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One Fifth Avenue is a landmark apartment building overlooking Washington Square in Greenwich Village.
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One Fifth Avenue is a landmark apartment building overlooking Washington Square in Greenwich Village.
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One Fifth Avenue is a landmark apartment building overlooking Washington Square in Greenwich Village.
All images copyright © Kenneth Grant / photos taken June 2014 with Canon 5D Mark iii
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