825 Fifth Avenue

825 Fifth Avenue is a luxury apartment building located on Fifth Avenue between East 63rd and East 64th Streets in the Lenox Hill neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.[2][3] It was built by the Paterno Brothers.

825 Fifth Avenue
(c.1939-41)
Location within New York City
General information
StatusComplete
TypeResidential
Architectural styleArt Deco
Location825 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10065 (between 63rd and 64th Streets), United States
Coordinates40.7671°N 73.9706°W / 40.7671; -73.9706
Construction startedDecember 1, 1926
OpeningOctober 5, 1927
Cost$100 million
Owner825 FIFTH AVE CORP[1]
Technical details
Floor count30
Lifts/elevators2
Design and construction
DeveloperPaterno Brothers
Other information
Number of units64 apartments

Design

The 23-floor building was erected in 1926-1927 as a cooperative with 77 apartments, but today it has only 64 units.[4] Developer Joseph Paterno initially opted to list the building as an apartment-hotel so as to legally build 23 stories as opposed to only 15 stories restricted for apartment houses.[5] The building has a notable red-tiled steep-pitched roof, making it visible from a long distance. When it was built, The Real Estate Record & Guide praised the $1 million building's "unusually striking upper-floor effect."[6]

References

  1. "BUILDING DESCRIPTION". Streeteasy. streeteasy.com. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  2. "825 Fifth Avenue, 11DE - Upper East Side, New York". Douglas Elliman. elliman.com. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  3. Alpern, Andrew (2002). The New York Apartment Houses of Rosario Candela and James Carpenter. Acanthus Press. p. 38. ISBN 978-0926494206.
  4. "825 FIFTH AVENUE OVERVIEW". City Realty. cityrealty.com. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  5. "825 Fifth Avenue". Central Park Real Estate. centralparkrealestate.com. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  6. Gray, Christopher (September 25, 2005). "On the Avenue, Fifth Avenue, the Architects Attract Us". The New York Times. nytimes.com. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
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