Fifth Avenue
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Fifth Avenue is a major and prominent
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Fifth Avenue was originally only a narrower thoroughfare but the section south of
History
Early history
Fifth Avenue between
The lots along what is now Fifth Avenue were laid out in the late 18th century following the
The topography of the lots contributed to the public's reluctance to buy the lots. By 1794, with the city growing ever more populated and the inhabited area constantly moving north towards the Common Lands, the Council decided to try again, hiring Goerck once more to re-survey and map the area. He was instructed to make the lots more uniform and rectangular and to lay out roads to the west and east of Middle Road, as well as to lay out east–west streets of 60 feet (18 m) each. Goerck's East and West Roads later became
19th century
From the early 19th century, some plots on Fifth Avenue in Midtown were acquired by the wealthy and by institutions. In the mid-19th century, Fifth Avenue between 40th and 59th Streets was home to several institutions such as the
The portion of Fifth Avenue in Midtown became an upscale
The Vanderbilts' relocation prompted many business owners on Fifth Avenue between Madison Square and 34th Street to move uptown.[11]: 581 The upper section of Fifth Avenue on the Upper East Side, facing the newly created Central Park, was not developed at that time because of what the Real Estate Record and Guide described as the presence of "no opposite neighbors", as the Upper West Side was not yet developed.[11]: 580–581 [14]
Early 20th century
The midtown blocks were largely a residential area until the turn of the 20th century, when they were developed as commercial areas.
The first commercial building on Fifth Avenue was erected by
By the 1920s, Fifth Avenue was the most active area for development in Midtown, and developers were starting to build north of 45th Street, which had previously been considered the boundary for profitable developments.[26]: 2–3 [27]: 14–15 [28] The most active year for construction in that decade was 1926, when thirty office buildings were constructed on Fifth Avenue.[26]: 2 [27]: 14 [29] The two-block-wide area between Fifth and Park Avenues, which represented eight percent of Manhattan's land area, contained 25% of developments that commenced between 1924 and 1926.[28]
In the 1920s, traffic towers controlled important intersections along the lower portion of Fifth Avenue.[30] The idea of using patrolmen to control traffic at busy Fifth Avenue intersections was introduced as early as 1914.[31] The first such towers were installed in 1920 upon a gift by Dr. John A. Harriss, who paid for patrolmen's sheds in the middle of Fifth Avenue at 34th, 38th, 42nd, 50th and 57th Streets.[32] Two years later, the Fifth Avenue Association gave seven 23-foot-high (7.0 m) bronze traffic towers, designed by Joseph H. Freedlander, at important intersections between 14th and 57th Streets for a total cost of $126,000.[33] The traffic signals reduced travel time along Fifth Avenue between 34th and 57th Streets, from 40 minutes before the installation of the traffic towers to 15 minutes afterward.[30] Freedlander's towers were removed in 1929 after they were deemed to be obstacles to the movement of traffic.[34] He was commissioned to design bronze traffic signals at the corners of these intersections, with statues of Mercury atop the signals. The Mercury signals survived through 1964,[32] and some of the statues were restored in 1971.[35]
Mid-20th century to present
In 1954, rising traffic led to a proposal to limit use of the avenue to buses and taxis only.[36] On January 14, 1966, Fifth Avenue below 135th Street was changed to carry only one-way traffic southbound, and Madison Avenue was changed to one-way northbound. Both avenues had previously carried bidirectional traffic.[37]
Through the late 1960s and early 1970s, many of the upscale retailers that once lined Fifth Avenue's midtown section moved away or closed altogether.[38]: 390 [39] According to a 1971 survey of the avenue, conducted by the Office of Midtown Planning under the leadership of Jaquelin T. Robertson, only 57 percent of building frontages between 34th and 57th Street were used as stores. The remaining frontage, including was used for companies such as banks and airline ticket offices. The section between 34th and 42nd Street, once the main shopping district on Fifth Avenue, was identified in the survey as being in decline. The section between 42nd and 50th Street was characterized as having almost no ground-level retail. The section between 50th Street and Grand Army Plaza was identified as having a robust retail corridor that was starting to decay.[38]: 390
In February 1971, New York City mayor
In 1998, a midblock crosswalk was installed south of the intersection of Fifth Avenue and 50th Street, part of an experiment to allow vehicular traffic to turn without conflicting with pedestrians. At the time, it was one of a few midblock crosswalks in the city.[46] The former southern crosswalk at Fifth Avenue and 50th Street was fenced off.[47] A similar crosswalk was later installed south of 49th Street. Both crosswalks were removed in 2019.
During three Sundays in December 2022, the NYCDOT closed Fifth Avenue between 48th and 57th Streets to all vehicular traffic.[48][49] Excluding special events such as parades, this was the first time since the 1970s that the midtown section of Fifth Avenue was closed to vehicular traffic.[50]
Description
Fifth Avenue originates at Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village and runs northwards through the heart of Midtown, along the eastern side of Central Park, where it forms the boundary of the Upper East Side and through Harlem, where it terminates at the Harlem River at 142nd Street. Traffic crosses the river on the Madison Avenue Bridge.
Fifth Avenue serves as the dividing line for house numbering and west–east streets in Manhattan; for example, it separates East 59th Street from West 59th Street. Higher-numbered avenues such as Sixth Avenue are to the west of Fifth Avenue, while lower-numbered avenues such as Third Avenue are to the east.[51] Address numbers on west–east streets increase in both directions as one moves away from Fifth Avenue. A hundred street address numbers were provided for every block to the east or west of Fifth Avenue; for instance, the addresses on West 50th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues were numbered 1–99 West 50th Street, and between Sixth and Seventh Avenues 100–199 West 50th Street.[51] The building lot numbering system worked similarly on the East Side before Madison and Lexington Avenues were added to the street grid laid out in the Commissioners' Plan of 1811. Unlike at other avenues, west–east street addresses do not increment to the next hundred to the east of Madison and Lexington Avenues.
The "most expensive street in the world" moniker changes depending on currency fluctuations and local economic conditions from year to year. For several years starting in the mid-1990s, the shopping district between 49th and 57th Streets was ranked as having the world's most expensive retail spaces on a cost per square foot basis.[4] In 2008, Forbes magazine ranked Fifth Avenue as being the most expensive street in the world. Some of the most coveted real estate on Fifth Avenue are the penthouses perched atop the buildings.[52]
The American Planning Association (APA) compiled a list of "2012 Great Places in America" and declared Fifth Avenue to be one of the greatest streets to visit in America. This historic street has many world-renowned museums, businesses and stores, parks, luxury apartments, and historical landmarks that are reminiscent of its history and vision for the future.[53]
Traffic pattern
Fifth Avenue from
Parade route
Fifth Avenue is the traditional route for many celebratory
Bicycling route
Bicycling on Fifth Avenue ranges from segregated with a bike lane south of 23rd Street, to scenic along Central Park, to dangerous through Midtown with very heavy traffic during rush hours. There is no dedicated bike lane along most of Fifth Avenue.[56] A protected bike lane south of 23rd Street was added in 2017,[57] and another protected lane for bidirectional bike traffic between 110th and 120th Streets was announced in 2020.[58]
In July 1987,
Public transportation
Bus
Fifth Avenue is one of the few major streets in Manhattan along which
A bus lane for Fifth Avenue within Midtown was announced in 1982.[67] Initially it ran from 59th to 34th Streets. The bus lane opened in June 1983 and was restricted to buses on weekdays from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.[68] In June 2020, mayor Bill de Blasio announced that the city would test out busways on Fifth Avenue from 57th to 34th Street.[69][70] Despite a deadline of October 2020, the Fifth Avenue busway was not in place at that time.[71]
Today, local bus service along Fifth Avenue is provided by the MTA's
Subway
The New York City Subway has never built a line underneath Fifth Avenue, likely because wealthy Fifth Avenue residents would have objected to any such line.[64] However, there are several subway stations along streets that cross Fifth Avenue:[74]
- N, R, and W at Fifth Avenue–59th Street
- <F> at Fifth Avenue/53rd Street
- Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street
- R and W at Fifth Avenue and 23rd Street
Nicknames
Upper Fifth Avenue/Millionaire's Row
In the late 19th century, the very rich of New York began building mansions along the stretch of Fifth Avenue between 59th Street and
A milestone change for Fifth Avenue came in 1916, when the grand corner mansion at 72nd Street and Fifth Avenue that James A. Burden Jr. had erected in 1893 became the first private mansion on Fifth Avenue above 59th Street to be demolished to make way for a grand apartment house. The building at 907 Fifth Avenue began a trend, with its 12 stories around a central court, with two apartments to a floor.[75] Its strong cornice above the fourth floor, just at the eaves height of its neighbors, was intended to soften its presence.
In January 1922, the city reacted to complaints about the ongoing replacement of Fifth Avenue's mansions by apartment buildings by restricting the height of future structures to 75 feet (23 m), about half the height of a ten-story apartment building.
This area contains many notable apartment buildings, including
Museum Mile
Museum Mile is the name for a section of Fifth Avenue running from 82nd to 110th streets on the
In addition to other programming, the museums collaborate for the annual Museum Mile Festival to promote the museums and increase visitation.[83] The Museum Mile Festival traditionally takes place here on the second Tuesday in June from 6 – 9 p.m. It was established in 1979 by Lisa Taylor to increase public awareness of its member institutions and promote public support of the arts in New York City.[84][85] The first festival was held on June 26, 1979.[86] The nine museums are open free that evening to the public. Several of the participating museums offer outdoor art activities for children, live music and street performers.[87] During the event, Fifth Avenue is closed to traffic.
Museums on the mile include:
- 110th Street – The Africa Center[88]
- 105th Street – El Museo del Barrio
- 103rd Street – Museum of the City of New York
- 92nd Street – The Jewish Museum
- 91st Street – Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum (part of the Smithsonian Institution)
- 89th Street – National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts
- 88th Street – Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
- 86th Street – Neue Galerie New York
- 82nd Street – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Further south, on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 70th Street, lies the Henry Clay Frick House, which houses the Frick Collection.[89]
Historical landmarks
Buildings on Fifth Avenue can have one of several types of official landmark designations:
- The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission is the New York City agency that is responsible for identifying and designating the city's landmarks and the buildings in the city's historic districts. New York City landmarks (NYCL) can be categorized into one of several groups: individual (exterior), interior, and scenic landmarks.[90]
- The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance.[91]
- The National Historic Landmark (NHL) focuses on places of significance in American history, architecture, engineering, or culture; all NHL sites are also on the NRHP.[92]
- World Heritage Sites are designated by UNESCO as having cultural, historical, scientific or other form of significance, and are legally protected by international treaties.[93]
Individual landmarks
Below is a list of historic sites on Fifth Avenue, from north to south.[94][95] Historic districts are not included in this table, but are mentioned in § Historic districts. Buildings within historic districts, but no individual landmark designation, are not included in this table.
Name | Image | Address | Cross-street | NHL | NRHP | NYCL | Notes |
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369th Regiment Armory | 2366 Fifth Avenue | 142nd–143rd Streets | Yes | exterior | [96][97] | ||
St. Andrew's Church | 2067 Fifth Avenue | 127th Street | Yes | exterior | [96][98] | ||
Harlem Fire Watchtower | Marcus Garvey Park | 122nd Street | Yes | exterior | [96][99] | ||
Central Park | — | 60th–110th Streets | Yes | Yes | scenic landmark | [96][95][100] | |
Museum of the City of New York | 1220–1227 Fifth Avenue | 103rd-104th Streets | exterior | [101] | |||
Willard D. Straight House | 1130 Fifth Avenue | 94th Street | exterior | [101] | |||
Felix M. Warburg House | 1109 Fifth Avenue | 92nd Street | Yes | exterior | [96][102] | ||
Otto H. Kahn House | 1100 Fifth Avenue (corner of) | 1 East 91st Street | exterior | [103] | |||
Andrew Carnegie Mansion | 2 East 91st Street | 91st Street | Yes | exterior | [96][104] | ||
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum | 1009 Fifth Avenue | 82nd Street | Yes | Yes | exterior and interior | Also designated as WHS[95][96][105][106] | |
Duke Residence |
1009 Fifth Avenue | 82nd Street | Yes | exterior | [96][107] | ||
Metropolitan Museum of Art | 1000 Fifth Avenue | 80th–84th Streets | Yes | Yes | exterior and interior | [95][96][108] | |
998 Fifth Avenue | 998 Fifth Avenue | 81st Street | exterior | [109] | |||
Harry F. Sinclair House | 2 East 79th Street | 79th Street | Yes | Yes | [110] | ||
Payne Whitney House | 972 Fifth Avenue | 78th–79th Streets, midblock | exterior | [111] | |||
James B. Duke House | 1 East 78th Street | 78th Street | Yes | exterior | [96][112] | ||
Edward S. Harkness House | 1 East 75th Street | 75th Street | exterior | [113] | |||
Henry Clay Frick House | 1 East 70th Street | 70th Street | Yes | Yes | exterior | [96][95][114] | |
Robert Livingston Beeckman House | 854 Fifth Avenue | 66th–67th Streets, midblock | exterior | [115] | |||
Knickerbocker Club | 2 East 62nd Street | 62nd Street | exterior | [116] | |||
The Metropolitan Club |
2 East 60th Street | 60th Street | exterior | [117] | |||
Grand Army Plaza | 58th–60th Streets | scenic landmark | [118] | ||||
The Sherry-Netherland Sidewalk Clock | 783 Fifth Avenue | 59th Street | Yes | [96] | |||
Plaza Hotel | 768 Fifth Avenue | 58th–59th Streets | Yes | Yes | exterior and interior | [95][96][119] | |
Bergdorf Goodman | 754 Fifth Avenue | 57th–58th Streets | exterior | [25] | |||
Coty Building | 714 Fifth Avenue | 55th–56th Streets, midblock | exterior | [120] | |||
712 Fifth Avenue | 712 Fifth Avenue | 55th–56th Streets, midblock | exterior | [121] | |||
The Peninsula New York | 696 Fifth Avenue | 55th Street | exterior | [122] | |||
St. Regis New York | 693 Fifth Avenue | 55th Street | exterior | [123] | |||
Aeolian Building | 689 Fifth Avenue | 54th Street | exterior | [124] | |||
University Club of New York | 1 West 54th Street | 54th Street | exterior | [125] | |||
Saint Thomas Church | Corner | 1 West 53rd Street | exterior | [126] | |||
Morton F. Plant & Edward Holbrook House |
653 Fifth Avenue | 52nd Street | Yes | exterior | [96][127] | ||
George W. Vanderbilt Residence | 647 Fifth Avenue | 52nd Street | Yes | exterior | [96][128] | ||
Rockefeller Center (including British Empire Building, La Maison Francaise, International Building) | 1–75 Rockefeller Plaza | 49th–51st Streets | Yes | Yes | complex | [95][96][129] | |
St. Patrick's Cathedral |
460 Madison Avenue | 50th–51st Streets | Yes | Yes | exterior | [95][96][130] | |
Saks Fifth Avenue Building |
611 Fifth Avenue | 49th–50th Streets | exterior | [131] | |||
Goelet (Swiss Center) Building | 608 Fifth Avenue | 49th–50th Streets | exterior and interior | [132][133] | |||
Charles Scribner's Sons Building | 597 Fifth Avenue | 48th Street | exterior and interior | [134] | |||
Fred F. French Building | 551 Fifth Avenue | 45th Street | Yes | exterior and interior | [96][26][135] | ||
Sidewalk Clock, 522 Fifth Avenue | 522 Fifth Avenue | 44th Street | Yes | object | [96][136] | ||
Manufacturers Trust Company Building | 510 Fifth Avenue | 43rd Street | exterior and partial interior | [137] | |||
500 Fifth Avenue | 500 Fifth Avenue | 42nd Street | exterior | [138] | |||
New York Public Library Main Branch | 476 Fifth Avenue | 40th–42nd Streets | Yes | Yes | exterior and partial interior | [95][96][139] | |
Knox Building |
452 Fifth Avenue | 40th Street | Yes | exterior | [96][140] | ||
Lord & Taylor Building | 424 Fifth Avenue | 38th Street | exterior | [141] | |||
Stewart & Company Building | 402 Fifth Avenue | 37th Street | exterior | [142] | |||
Tiffany and Company Building | 401 Fifth Avenue | 37th Street | Yes | exterior | [96][143] | ||
390 Fifth Avenue | 390 Fifth Avenue | 36th Street | exterior | [144] | |||
B. Altman and Company Building | 355–371 Fifth Avenue | 34th–35th Streets | Yes | [145] | |||
Empire State Building | 350 Fifth Avenue | 33rd–34th Streets | Yes | Yes | exterior and partial interior | [95][96][146] | |
The Wilbraham | 284 Fifth Avenue | 30th Street | Yes | exterior | [96][147] | ||
Marble Collegiate Church | 272 Fifth Avenue | 29th Street | Yes | exterior | [96][148] | ||
Sidewalk Clock, 200 Fifth Avenue | 200 Fifth Avenue | 24th Street | Yes | object | [96][149] | ||
Flatiron Building | 173–185 Fifth Avenue | 22nd–23rd Streets | Yes | Yes | exterior | [96][95][150] | |
Scribner Building | 153–157 Fifth Avenue | 21st–22nd Streets, midblock | Yes | exterior | [96][151] | ||
Salmagundi Club | 47 Fifth Avenue | 11th–12th Streets, midblock | Yes | exterior | [96][152] |
Historic districts
There are numerous historic districts through which Fifth Avenue passes. Buildings in these districts with individual landmark designations are described in § Individual landmarks. From north to south, the districts are:
- The Carnegie Hill Historic District, a city landmark district, which covers 400 buildings, primarily along Fifth Avenue from 86th to 98th Street, as well as on side streets extending east to Madison, Park, and Lexington Avenues.[153]: 3
- The Metropolitan Museum Historic District, a city landmark district, which consists of properties on Fifth Avenue between 79th and 86th Streets, outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art, as well as properties on several side streets.[154]: 2
- The Upper East Side Historic District, a city and NRHP district. The city district runs from 59th to 78th Streets along Fifth Avenue, and up to Third Avenue at some points.[155]: 3 [156]: 4
- The Madison Square North Historic District, a city landmark district, which covers 96 buildings from 25th to 29th Streets around Broadway, Fifth Avenue, and side streets.[157]
- The Park Avenue South to west of Sixth Avenue.[158]
- The Greenwich Village Historic District, a city landmark district, which covers much of Greenwich Village and includes almost all buildings on Fifth Avenue south of 12th Street.[159]
In the 1980s, there was also a proposal for a historic district on Fifth Avenue between 48th and 58th Streets. At the time, St. Patrick's Cathedral, St. Thomas Church, the Cartier Building at number 651, the University Club, the Rizzoli Building at number 712, and the Coty Building at number 714 were official city landmarks. However, other structures on that strip had no protection yet, including Rockefeller Center, the Elizabeth Arden Building at 689 Fifth Avenue, the St. Regis Hotel, the Peninsula Hotel, and the Bergdorf Goodman Building.[160]
Other
In addition, the cooperative apartment building at 2 Fifth Avenue was named a New York cultural landmark on December 12, 2013, by the Historic Landmark Preservation Center, as the last residence of former New York City Mayor Ed Koch.[161]
Economy
Between
Many
Many
Gallery
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Bird's-eye view looking north from 51st St. c. 1893
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Street view looking north from 51st St. c. 1895
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The same shot in March 2015
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Christmas on Fifth Avenue in 1896
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Fifth Avenue, 1918
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Fifth Avenue begins at the Washington Square Arch in Washington Square Park
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Memorial to New York architect Richard Morris Hunt, Fifth Avenue between 70th and 71st Streets
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The Plaza Hotel, c.1907
See also
- List of shopping streets and districts by city
- Jerome Avenue, a shopping street and major thoroughfare in the Bronx
- Fifth Avenue Mile, annual road race
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Further reading
- Gaines, Steven (2005). The Sky's the Limit: Passion and Property in Manhattan. New York: Little, Brown. ISBN 0-316-60851-3.
- "Museum Mile". NY.com. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
- Daly, Sean (April 13, 2003). "Museum Mile High". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 15, 2008. (Note: Erroneously states the northern boundary of Museum Mile is East 104th Street.)
External links
- Fifth Avenue Photos
- Fifth Avenue Directory and Images
- Greek Independence Day Parade, Fifth Avenue Archived December 27, 2018, at the Wayback Machine
- New York Songlines: Fifth Avenue
- APA Great Places in America
- National Historic Landmarks in New York State