Residential skyscraper in Manhattan, New York
930 Fifth Avenue is a luxury apartment building on Fifth Avenue on the northeast corner of East 74th Street in the Upper East Side of Manhattan , New York City . The eighteen-story structure and penthouse was designed by noted architect Emery Roth and built in 1940.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] According to architecture critic Paul Goldberger , 930 and 875 Fifth Avenue show Roth in transition from historicist to modern Art Deco style.[ 6]
The Fifth Avenue location previously held three private residences which were the estates of Gordon S. Rentschler , Jacob Schiff and Simeon B. Chapin , and were bought by Percy and Harold D. Uris and razed for the new building,[ 7] [ 8] which has been described as featuring "a restrained Italian Renaissance style."[ 7] The building is located within the Upper East Side Historic District .
Critical reception
A 1978 review of Roth's work by architecture critic Paul Goldberger in The New York Times commented that "the Roth firm took on modernism slowly--the Normandy apartments of 1938 at 140 Riverside Drive have an Art Deco-like base, but the ornamental housing for the water tower lurches back suddenly to the Italian Renaissance. There were a few other such schizophrenic designs from the 1930s and buildings such as 930 Fifth Avenue and 875 Fifth Avenue of 1940 show a gradual disappearance of the old ornament."[ 9]
In 1981, the 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."[ 10] Residents of the building have included Samuel and Bella Spewack , Patrick Dennis , Cornelius Vander Starr , Ira Millstein ,[ 11] Risë Stevens , Nancy Hanks , Woody Allen [ 12] and Eldridge Haynes .[ 3] [ 13] [ 14] [ 15] [ 16] [ 17]
References
^ "930 5th Avenue" . Emporis . Archived from the original on June 26, 2018. Retrieved June 26, 2018 .
^ Ruttenbaum, Steven (1986). Mansions in the Clouds: The Skyscraper Palazzi of Emery Roth . Balsam Press. pp. 179– 181. ISBN 0-917439-09-0 .
^ a b Kelly, Kate (July 25, 1999). "Woody Allen's Fifth Avenue Co-op Up for Grabs for $15 Million" . The New York Observer . Archived from the original on June 28, 2008.
^ Berla (September 27, 1940). "2 Of Opera Staff Rent Apartments; New Apartments Overlooking Central Park" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved February 21, 2023 .
^ Aunapu, Greg (February 28, 2009). "Emery Roth: Another perilous time for designing icons" . The Real Deal . Archived from the original on February 13, 2010. Retrieved March 1, 2010 .
^ Goldberger, Paul (1985). On the rise: architecture and design in a post modern age . Penguin Books. p. 213.
^ a b "3 MORE MANSIONS ON FIFTH AVE. T0 GO; Schiff, Chapin and Rentschler Homes at 74th Street Sold as Apartment Site SYMBOLS OF PASSING ERA Eighteen-Story Building to Rise After Razing of Houses Linked to Noted Families" . The New York Times . August 14, 1939. Retrieved March 1, 2010 .
^ "On the Way Up" . The New York Times . April 22, 1940. Retrieved March 1, 2010 . ("Steel work is nearing completion on this eighteen-story and penthouse apartment building at 930 Fifth Avenue.")
^ Goldberger, Paul (February 16, 1978). "Emery Roth dominated the age of apartment buildings" . The New York Times . Retrieved March 1, 2010 .
^ Specter, Michael (July 19, 1981). "HAROLD URIS RECOLLECTS WITH PRIDE" . The New York Times . Retrieved March 1, 2010 .
^ Gould, Jennifer (October 6, 2021). "Top attorney Ira Millstein puts NYC home on market for bargain $2.3M" . New York Post . Retrieved February 3, 2022 .
^ Alleman, Richard (2005). New York: the movie lover's guide : the ultimate insider tour of movie New York . Random House, Inc. p. 188.
^ Shelp, Ronald Kent; Ehrbar, Al (2006). Fallen Giant . John Wiley & Sons . pp. 74 . ISBN 0-471-91696-X .
^ "New Yorkers Transform Steel and Stone Into a Suburbia in the Sky" . The New York Times . July 28, 1957.
^ Roberston, Nan (September 3, 1969). "Rockefeller Fund Aide Is Chosen for Arts Post" . The New York Times .
^ McAuley, Jordan (2007). The Celebrity Black Book . Mega Niche Media. ISBN 978-0-9707095-8-5 .
^ Myers, Erik (2001). Uncle Mame: The Life of Patrick Dennis . Da Capo Press . p. 206. ISBN 0-306-81100-6 .
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