Circa 1926  //  ARCHITECT: George Fred Pelham  //  BUILDER: Princeton Cons. Co.   I find the trio of buildings standing at 1160, 1175, and 1192 Park Avenue ainteresting to compare and contrast. All three buildings are in Carnegie Hill neighborhood — defined as the area from Park...

Circa 1914  //  ARCHITECT: J.E.R. Carpenter  //  BUILDER: Louis Kaufman   This is one of the most prestigious coops in New York City. It is considered one of Carpenter’s masterpieces, and one of the few buildings in this neighborhood with all apartments completely intact. The...

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 1912  //  ARCHITECT: J.E.R. Carpenter  //  BUILDER: S. Fullerton Weaver   This building is a great example of what made Carpenter’s work so ground-breaking. The building dates from the heart of the pre World-War I Edwardian Era, yet the building has many design elements one...

Circa 1930  //  ARCHITECT: Rosario Candela  //  BUILDER: Joseph Paterno   This building is considered one of Candela’s architectural masterpieces, and began construction a month before the stock market crashed. The building is very imposing, on a 100 foot by 175 foot parcel. The...

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 1928  //  ARCHITECT: Taylor & Levi  //  BUILDER: T.E. Rhoades Co., Inc.   This is a really elegant building, inside and out. The exterior is clad in a dark brown brick with inlaid stone blocks in the two-story base. This lower portion is surmounted by a Juliet Balcony...

Circa 1930  //  ARCHITECT: Lafayette A. Goldstone  //  BUILDER: Jas. Stewart & Co., Inc.   This is a very attractive mid-block building clad entirely in brick, with very subtle stone accents, and a reserved neo-Georgian feel. Lafayette Goldstone, working alone, or in partnership...

Circa 1929  //  ARCHITECT: Hoffman & Goldstone   //  BUILDER: George A. Fuller Co.   Something about this building just looks expensive. Clad in a very smooth stone, typical of Lafayette Goldstone structures, there is very little applied ornamentation, just numerous iron...

Circa 1925  //  ARCHITECT: Lafayette A. Goldstone  //  BUILDER: G. Richard Davis & Co.   A really very attractive building with a mostly Georgian feel. The builder, Lafayette A. Goldstone, is half of Rouse & Goldstone who formed very prolific team of architects during the...