CONTENTS 6 Map: Manhattan Locations 9 Introduction: The Manhattan Prewar Apartment House 13 A Note to the Reader 14 Upper East Side: Fifth Avenue 44 Upper East Side: Park Avenue 82 Around the Upper East Side 106 Upper West Side: Central Park West 132 Upper West Side: West End Avenue 140 Upper West Side: Riverside Drive 156 Around the Upper West Side 176 Downtown 205 Acknowledgments 206 Prewar Architects 210 Selected Buildings by Architect 218 Selected Buildings by Location 223 Notes / Bibliography 224 Credits MANHATTAN LOCATIONS Upper East Side: Fifth Avenue 1 810 Fifth Avenue 2 820 Fifth Avenue 3 834 Fifth Avenue 4 907 Fifth Avenue 5 960 Fifth Avenue 6 998 Fifth Avenue 7 1020 Fifth Avenue 8 1030 Fifth Avenue 9 1170 Fifth Avenue Upper East Side: Park Avenue 10 417 Park Avenue 11 580 Park Avenue 12 610 Park Avenue (Mayfair House) 13 640 Park Avenue 14 655 Park Avenue 15 740 Park Avenue 16 760 Park Avenue 17 765/775 Park Avenue 18 778 Park Avenue 19 812 Park Avenue 20 875 Park Avenue 21 885 Park Avenue 22 888 Park Avenue 23 940 Park Avenue 24 1040 Park Avenue 25 1088 Park Avenue 26 1120 Park Avenue 27 27 1185 Park Avenue Around the Upper East Side 28 Tudor City 29 435 East 52nd Street (River House) 30 14 Sutton Place South 31 320 East 57th Street 32 136 East 64th Street 33 131–135 East 66th Street 34 115 East 67th Street (Millan House) 35 19 East 72nd Street 36 35 East 76th Street 37 1 Gracie Square 38 520/530 East 86th Street 39 120 East End Avenue Upper West Side: Central Park West 40 41 Central Park West (Harperly Hall) 41 55 Central Park West 42 65 Central Park West 43 101 Central Park West 44 115 Central Park West (The Majestic) 45 1 West 72nd Street (The Dakota) 46 145–146 Central Park West (The San Remo) 47 211 Central Park West (The Beresford) 48 300 Central Park West (The Eldorado) Upper West Side: West End Avenue 49 300 West End Avenue 50 450 West End Avenue 51 530 West End Avenue (The Sexton) 52 800 West End Avenue Upper West Side: Riverside Drive 53 33 Riverside Drive 54 90 Riverside Drive 55 140 Riverside Drive (The Normandy) 56 173–175 Riverside Drive 57 258 Riverside Drive (The Peter Stuyvesant) 58 310 Riverside Drive 59 315 Riverside Drive 60 440 Riverside Drive (The Paterno) Broadway and around the Upper West Side 61 1 West 67th Street (Hotel des Artistes) 62 2109 Broadway (The Ansonia) 63 161 West 75th Street 64 6–16 West 77th Street 65 2211 Broadway (The Apthorp) 66 15 West 81st Street 67 221 West 82nd Street 68 200 West 86th Street (The New Amsterdam) 69 225 West 86th Street (The Belnord) Downtown 70 1 Fifth Avenue 71 39 Fifth Avenue (Grosvenor Apartments) 72 40 Fifth Avenue 73 43 Fifth Avenue 74 45 Christopher Street 75 2 Horatio Street 76 28 East 10th Street (Devonshire House) 77 40–50 East 10th Street 78 59 West 12th Street 79 242 East 19th Street 80 36 Gramercy Park East 81 81 44 Gramercy Park North 82 60 Gramercy Park North 83 1 Lexington Avenue 84 London Terrace