Hotel des Artistes was conceived as an apartment hotel, owned by and designed for artists, to incorporate studio space. Almost the entire north side of West 67th Street between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue was developed with the same idea. Name: Hotel des Artistes Location: 1 West 67th Street Year Completed: 1918 Architect: George […]
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1 Sutton Place South is a luxury apartment building designed by Rosario Candela. Built in 1927, it is now a cooperative. Name: 1 Sutton Place South Location: 1 Sutton Place South Year Completed: 1927 Architect: Rosario Candela Style: Italian Renaissance Wikipedia: One Sutton Place South City Realty: Carter Horsley review Google Map All images copyright
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One Gracie Square is a Rosario Candela-designed apartment building on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Name: 1 Gracie Square Location: 1 Gracie Square Year Completed: 1929 Architect: Rosario Candela, William Lawrence Bottomley The New York Times Streetscapes: It’s One Building, but It Looks Like Six City Realty: Carter Horsley review Google Map All images
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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:
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1 East End Avenue is an Upper East Side cooperative apartment building built in 1929. The building has an unusual trapezoidal shape, with a narrow southern end. The East River-façade is punctuated with four copper-covered bay windows. Name: 1 East End Avenue Location: 1 East End Avenue Year Completed: 1929 Architect: Albert W. Lewis, Pleasants
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Central Synagogue, 652 Lexington Avenue, is a landmark house of worship in Midtown Manhattan. It was built in 1872, designed by Henry Fernbach in Moorish Revival style. Name: Central Synagogue Location: 652 Lexington Avenue Year Completed: 1872 Architect: Henry Fernbach Style: Moorish Revival NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission: Designation Report Wikipedia: Central Synagogue (Manhattan) Google Map
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Ritz Tower was conceived as an “apartment hotel” to circumvent the city’s height restriction for apartment buildings. Apartment buildings’ heights were limited to 150% of the width of the adjacent street. When it opened, 465 Park Avenue was the tallest residential building in New York City, and had the same cachet as one of the
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The NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission’s “Discover NYC Landmarks” website may be the perfect tool for researching the city’s historic buildings. This interactive map is certainly the fastest way to find and explore the city’s architectural heritage. If you’re not familiar with the LPC, since its creation in 1965, the Commission has granted landmark status to
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300 West 38th Street, a little three-story brick and terra cotta building in the Garment District, was one of the first designs of an architectural giant, Emery Roth. Some of the decoration and design elements – minus the recent garish paint – are seen in Emery Roth’s later works. Name: 300 West 38th Street Location:
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57 West 75th Street, aka La Rochelle, was built in 1898 to plans drawn by Lamb & Rich. The Renaissance Revival landmark is part of the Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District. Name: La Rochelle Location: 57 West 75th Street Year Completed: 1898 Architect: Lamb & Rich Style: Renaissance Revival NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission:
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