Circa 1916  //  ARCHITECT: Robert T. Lyons  //  BUILDER: Bing & Bing Cons. Co.   A few weeks back, I posted about “house architects — i.e. the on-staff architects of major builder-developers in the prewar era. In the case of Bing & Bing, they worked with several prominent...

Circa 1930  //  ARCHITECT: DePace & Juster  //  BUILDER: Samuel Silver   This is one of Park Avenue’s premier full-service cooperative buildings. Located at the intersection of 89th Street — and I think it is, also, one of the most handsome structures on the Avenue. Rising...

Circa 1915  //  ARCHITECT: Robert T. Lyons  //  BUILDER: Bing & Bing Cons. Co.   993 Park Avenue is another collaboration between Lyons and the Bing brothers. This 13-story coop has 49 units (originally less). Larger than 955 Park Avenue, built the year before and sitting on a...

Circa 1914  //  ARCHITECT: Robert T. Lyons  //  BUILDER: Bing & Bing Cons. Co.   This building is one of a number of structures designed by Robert T. Lyons and constructed by the Bing brothers, Alexander and Leo. Any buildings with a “Bing & Bing” provenance are held in...

Circa 1916  //  ARCHITECT: Emery Roth //  BUILDER: Bing & Bing Construction, Inc.   This building is quite extraordinary in a number of ways. The facade is unusual for it’s just the right amount of Gothic-inspired ornamentation. Of particular interest is the entrance portal,...

Circa 1927  //  ARCHITECT: J.E.R. Carpenter  //  BUILDER: Dwight P. Robinson & Co., Inc.   This building is considered one of Carpenter’s later masterpieces. The facade is very interesting in the way the light stone at the bottom gradually transitions to the yellowish brick of...

Circa 1925  //  ARCHITECT: Electus D. Litchefield & Pliny Rogers  //  BUILDER: Starrett Brothers, Inc.   This blog post marks the first time I have commented on a building that was designed by the team of Litchfield and Rogers. Built on a rather narrow lot of only 44 feet...

Circa 1930  //  ARCHITECT: Emery Roth  //  BUILDER: Bing & Bing Construction   I usually refer to 784 Park Avenue as Emery Roth holding his own on “Candela Alley”. This building is on the stretch of Park Avenue that has the highest elevation, and therefore some of the...

Circa 1924  //  ARCHITECT: W.L. Rouse & L.A. Goldstone  //  BUILDER: Starrett Brothers, Inc. Situated on perhaps the most gilded stretch of Park Avenue, amongst some of the city’s most expensive real estate, 760 is the oldest extant building on the west side of Park between 70th and...

Circa 1930 -1931  //  ARCHITECT: Rosario Candela  //  BUILDER: Charles Newmark   778 Park is built on a smaller parcel than the buildings at 720, 730, 740, or 770 Park, but it is just as elegant and important. Built in a neo-Georgian style, there is a two-story limestone base, with...