880 Fifth Avenue
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880 Fifth Avenue is a luxury apartment building on Fifth Avenue at the northeast corner of 69th Street in New York City
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It was the final building by architect Emery Roth
. The developers were Harold Uris
and Percy Uris. Built in 1948, the design for the building was commissioned during the war as the Uris brothers anticipated the war's end and the lifting of the wartime restrictions on non war-related construction. 880 is similar is "stylistically related" to Roth's 875 Fifth Avenue, on the other side of 69th Street his building The Normandy
at 140 Riverside Drive, all in the fashionable art moderne, or Art Deco
style. 880 was built on the site of home of Edward H. Harriman, designed by the Herter Brothers
in 1881, and the Adolph E. Lewisohn house, designed by C. W. Clinton in 1882.
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 Frick Museum.
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."
Notable residents have included Broadway songwriter Mitch Leigh
, and entrepreneuer and philanthropist John D. Hertz
.
New York City
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It was the final building by architect Emery Roth
Emery Roth
Emery Roth was an American architect who designed many of the definitive New York City hotels and apartment buildings of the 1920s and 30s, incorporating Beaux-Arts and Art Deco details...
. The developers were Harold Uris
Harold Uris
Harold D. Uris was an American builder, real estate investor and philanthropist. After earning a civil engineering degree from Cornell in 1925, Harold joined his brother, Percy, who had a 1920 business degree from Columbia University, and their father, Harris, founder of an ornamental ironwork...
and Percy Uris. Built in 1948, the design for the building was commissioned during the war as the Uris brothers anticipated the war's end and the lifting of the wartime restrictions on non war-related construction. 880 is similar is "stylistically related" to Roth's 875 Fifth Avenue, on the other side of 69th Street his building The Normandy
The Normandy
The Normandy, at 140 Riverside Drive and 86th Street, is a luxury residential cooperative apartment building in Manhattan, New York City. It is one of the city's best Art Deco buildings, and the last of the great twin-towered apartment houses built by architect Emery Roth; it was in The Normandy...
at 140 Riverside Drive, all in the fashionable art moderne, or Art Deco
Art Deco
Art deco , or deco, is an eclectic artistic and design style that began in Paris in the 1920s and flourished internationally throughout the 1930s, into the World War II era. The style influenced all areas of design, including architecture and interior design, industrial design, fashion and...
style. 880 was built on the site of home of Edward H. Harriman, designed by the Herter Brothers
Herter Brothers
The firm of Herter Brothers, New York, , founded by Gustave and Christian Herter , begun as an upholstery warehouse, became one of the first firms of furniture makers and interior decorators in the United States after the Civil War...
in 1881, and the Adolph E. Lewisohn house, designed by C. W. Clinton in 1882.
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 Frick Museum.
In 1981, the New York Times remarked of the residential buildings constructed by the Uris brothers, "930 Fifth Avenue
930 Fifth Avenue
930 Fifth Avenue is a luxury apartment building on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. The eighteen-story structure and penthouse was designed by noted architect Emery Roth and built in 1940...
, 2 Sutton Place, and 880 Fifth Avenue, are among the city's best residential addresses today."
Notable residents have included Broadway songwriter Mitch Leigh
Mitch Leigh
Mitch Leigh is an American musical theatre composer and theatrical producer best known for the musical Man Of La Mancha.-Biography:Leigh was born in Brooklyn, New York) as Irwin Michnick...
, and entrepreneuer and philanthropist John D. Hertz
John D. Hertz
John Daniel Hertz, Sr. was an American businessman, thoroughbred racehorse owner, and philanthropist.-Biography:...
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