Circa 1917  //  ARCHITECT: Warren & Wetmore  //  BULIDER: Harry Fischel   This 12-story cooperative building is somewhat typical of very restrained architecture that graces Fifth Avenue. As is quite well known, Fifth Avenue has been the address of choice of the city’s elite...

Circa 1925  //  ARCHITECT: Nathan Korn  //  BUILDER: H.R.H. Construction Corp.   944 Fifth Avenue is the epitome of blue-blood reserved elegance — nothing showy or trendy here. The facade is clad completely in smooth stone, and classically ornamented on the lower floors with a...

Circa 1910  //  ARCHITECT: McKim, Mead, and White  //  BUILDER: Lee and Fleishman   The first, and still one of the grandest luxury buildings on Fifth Avenue. At the the time of this post, the entire building is tented, hence the small-scale picture of the building’s entrance. This...

Circa 1928  //  ARCHITECT: Rosario Candela/Warren & Wetmore  //  BUILDER: Campagna Brothers   This is one of the most prestigious, and well-known apartment buildings in New York. 960 Fifth is, perhaps, the birthplace of Candela’s use of complex interlocking apartments. Duplexes...

Circa 1926 // ARCHITECT: J.E.R. Carpenter // BUILDER: Bricken Construction Corp.   810 Fifth Avenue is a very characteristic work by Carpenter, the exterior is particularly elegant. It is entered on the 62nd Street under a very high fixed marquee, rather than the ubiquitous green awning...

Circa 1927 // ARCHITECT: Rosario Candela + Warren & Wetmore // BUILDER: Michael Paterno   The team of Candela and Paterno built some of the very best buildings in New York, and 856 Fifth/2 E. 67th is one of these. Candela’s career is interesting as a reflection of the prejudices of...

Circa 1916 // ARCHITECT: Starrett and Van Vleck // BUILDER: Fred T. Ley, Co.   This building is very, very special for a number of reasons, and not because of the stratospheric costs of the apartments. The facade is classically inspired, and the entire building is clad in a slightly...

Circa 1920  //  ARCHITECT: J.E.R. Carpenter  //  BUILDER: William Henry Barnum   This building may have the grandest apartments in all of New York. Clad completely in stone, with a four-story rusticated base. The classical inspiration can be seen in the Doric pilasters on the 66th...

Circa 1929 // ARCHITECT: Rosario Candela // BUILDER: Anthony Paterno   1040 Fifth is another of Candela’s most important buildings, and a kindred spirit to 834 Fifth Avenue. 1040 is very successful in it’s classical restraint while the movement from the rusticated base to the very...

Circa 1929  //  ARCHITECT: Emery Roth  //  BUILDER: HRH Construction   This is a building that is quite easy to miss as one travels down the Avenue, in that it is one of the numerous understated smaller buildings on Fifth Avenue. Among the last of Roth’s great prewar luxury...