Manhattan House

Manhattan House is an apartment building on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City. The building is at 200 East 66th Street, just east of Third Avenue.[1][2]

Manhattan House
Looking east from Third Avenue along E65th Street at Manhattan House, on a sunny afternoon.
General information
Location200 East 66th Street, Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York City
Construction started1950
Completed1951
Design and construction
ArchitectGordon Bunshaft

It was built from 1950 to 1951.[1][2] Designed by architect Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, the architectural style has been described as modernist.[1][2] The building, standing 214 feet (65 m) tall, was made with concrete, with a facade of white brick.[2] It overlooks a private garden with two sculptures by Hans Van de Bovenkamp.[3] The developer donated a strip of land on the north side of the property to widen 66th Street. A wider street allowed a taller building.[4]

The building contains many condominiums.[1] Notable tenants have included furniture designer Florence Knoll, actress Grace Kelly, clarinetist Benny Goodman, former Governor Hugh Carey, and businessman Frank Hardart, the co-founder of Horn & Hardart.[4]

In 2007, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the complex a landmark for its influential mid-century modernist architecture.[4] In 2014, the penthouses were redesigned by Cuban-born interior designer Vicente Wolf.[5][6] Manhattan House is co-owned by N. Richard Kalikow, a real estate developer, and Jeremiah W. O'Connor, Jr., the Managing Partner at O’Connor Capital Partners, a private equity firm.[4][7] Both men disagreed on their 2007 renovation project.[7]

References
  1. Corcoran Group of Real Estate: Manhattan House
  2. Manhattan House Apartments, Emporis
  3. Manhattan House: Garden
  4. "Manhattan House" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. October 30, 2007. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  5. Manhattan House: Vicente Wolf
  6. Chris Pomorski, First Vicente Wolf Penthouses at Manhattan House Hit the Market; Do We Hear $12.5 M., The New York Observer, May 13, 2014
  7. Barbanel, Josh (June 17, 2007). "Manhattan House Divided". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 3, 2020.


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