480 Park Avenue, The Antoinettes, is one of those buildings that makes a non-architect wonder: Why is so much decoration put so high, where no one can see it?
Modest decoration appears on the three-story base; but at the 13th floor and above, there’s a proliferation of terra cotta. Garlands, grotesques, medallions, dentil and egg-and-dart moldings, brackets, balustrades, sculpted balconies and wrought-iron railings galore!
This is one of Emery Roth’s lesser-known buildings in New York – he has more than 200 to his credit. It’s still a joy to study, and another reason to look skyward when walking the streets of New York. This 1929 neo-Renaissance apartment building is now a cooperative.
- Name: Antoinettes
- Location: 480 Park Avenue
- Year Completed: 1929
- Architect: Emery Roth
- Style: neo-Renaissance
- City Realty: Carter Horsley review
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480 Park Avenue, The Antoinettes, was designed by Emery Roth and built in 1929. The neo-Renaissance apartment building, now a cooperative, has a limestone base.
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480 Park Avenue, The Antoinettes, was designed by Emery Roth and built in 1929. The neo-Renaissance apartment building, now a cooperative, has a limestone base.
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480 Park Avenue, The Antoinettes, was designed by Emery Roth and built in 1929. The neo-Renaissance apartment building, now a cooperative, has a limestone base.
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480 Park Avenue, The Antoinettes, was designed by Emery Roth and built in 1929. The neo-Renaissance apartment building, now a cooperative, has a limestone base.
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480 Park Avenue, The Antoinettes, was designed by Emery Roth and built in 1929. The neo-Renaissance apartment building, now a cooperative, has a limestone base.
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480 Park Avenue, The Antoinettes, was designed by Emery Roth and built in 1929. The neo-Renaissance apartment building, now a cooperative, has a limestone base.
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480 Park Avenue, The Antoinettes, was designed by Emery Roth and built in 1929. The neo-Renaissance apartment building, now a cooperative, has a limestone base.
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480 Park Avenue, The Antoinettes, was designed by Emery Roth and built in 1929. The neo-Renaissance apartment building, now a cooperative, has a limestone base.
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480 Park Avenue, The Antoinettes, was designed by Emery Roth and built in 1929. The neo-Renaissance apartment building, now a cooperative, has a limestone base.
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480 Park Avenue, The Antoinettes, was designed by Emery Roth and built in 1929. The neo-Renaissance apartment building, now a cooperative, has a limestone base.
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480 Park Avenue, The Antoinettes, was designed by Emery Roth and built in 1929. The neo-Renaissance apartment building, now a cooperative, has a limestone base.
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480 Park Avenue, The Antoinettes, was designed by Emery Roth and built in 1929. The neo-Renaissance apartment building, now a cooperative, has a limestone base.
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480 Park Avenue, The Antoinettes, was designed by Emery Roth and built in 1929. The neo-Renaissance apartment building, now a cooperative, has a limestone base.
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480 Park Avenue, The Antoinettes, was designed by Emery Roth and built in 1929. The neo-Renaissance apartment building, now a cooperative, has a limestone base.
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480 Park Avenue, The Antoinettes, was designed by Emery Roth and built in 1929. The neo-Renaissance apartment building, now a cooperative, has a limestone base.
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480 Park Avenue, The Antoinettes, was designed by Emery Roth and built in 1929. The neo-Renaissance apartment building, now a cooperative, has a limestone base.
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480 Park Avenue, The Antoinettes, was designed by Emery Roth and built in 1929. The neo-Renaissance apartment building, now a cooperative, has a limestone base.
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480 Park Avenue, The Antoinettes, was designed by Emery Roth and built in 1929. The neo-Renaissance apartment building, now a cooperative, has a limestone base.
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480 Park Avenue, The Antoinettes, was designed by Emery Roth and built in 1929. The neo-Renaissance apartment building, now a cooperative, has a limestone base.
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480 Park Avenue, The Antoinettes, was designed by Emery Roth and built in 1929. The neo-Renaissance apartment building, now a cooperative, has a limestone base.
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480 Park Avenue, The Antoinettes, was designed by Emery Roth and built in 1929. The neo-Renaissance apartment building, now a cooperative, has a limestone base.
All images copyright © Kenneth Grant / photos taken July 2014