880 Fifth Avenue
880 Fifth Avenue | |
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General information | |
Status | Completed |
Type | Residential |
Architectural style | Art Deco |
Location | Northeast corner of 69th Street in New York City |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 40°46′14″N 73°58′05″W / 40.77056°N 73.96806°W |
Current tenants | 162 unites |
Completed | 1948 |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 21[1] |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Emery Roth |
Developer | Harold Uris, Percy Uris |
880 Fifth Avenue is a luxury apartment building on Fifth Avenue at the northeast corner of 69th Street in New York City. The Art-Deco-styled building has 21 floors and features 162 residential units.[2] 880 Fifth Avenue is also one of the few Fifth Avenue buildings to have a garage.[3]
Background
It was the final building by architect
The limestone facade is mildly Art Deco with classical touches. It is topped by a modest pair of towers, but overall the building is dignified, rather than exciting, designed to sell at a profit to an upscale clientele and to fit in among the classical buildings, including the adjacent
In 1981, The New York Times remarked of the residential buildings constructed by the Uris brothers, "930 Fifth Avenue, 2 Sutton Place, and 880 Fifth Avenue, are among the city's best residential addresses today."[6]
Famous residents
Notable residents have included Broadway songwriter Mitch Leigh,[7] Alexander Steinberg, and entrepreneur and philanthropist John D. Hertz.[8]
References
- ^ "880 Fifth Avenue". cityrealty.com. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
- ^ "DESCRIPTION FOR 880 FIFTH AVENUE". streeteasy.com. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
- ^ "880 Fifth Avenue". corcoran.com. Archived from the original on March 28, 2015. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
- ^ a b c d 880 Fifth Avenue, Carter B. Horsley
- ISBN 0-917439-09-0.
- ISBN 0-917439-09-0.
- ^ Keil, Braden (July 27, 2001). "MIZRAHI DESIGNING APTS". New York Post.
- ^ Benjamin, Philip (September 20, 1957). "HERTZ GIVES FUND FOR SCHOLARSHIPS; Transport Fortune to Train Engineers for Defense of Nation He Adopted Focusing on Those in Need". The New York Times.