One Fifth Avenue (Manhattan)
One Fifth Avenue is a residential skyscraper in the Washington Square area of Greenwich Village. It was designed by Harvey Wiley Corbett of the firm Helme & Corbett.[1]
| One Fifth Avenue | |
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 The building, as seen from Washington Square Park in 2019 | |
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Art Deco, modernism |
| Location | Greenwich Village, Manhattan |
| Address | 1 Fifth Avenue |
| Town or city | New York City |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 40.732062°N 73.996293°W |
| Groundbreaking | 1926 |
| Completed | 1927 |
| Height | 353 feet (108 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 27 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Harvey Wiley Corbett |
| Architecture firm | Helme & Corbett |
| References | |
| [1][2][3] | |
In 1926, developer Joseph G. Siegel leased the lot on the southeast corner of 8th Street and Fifth Avenue from Sailors' Snug Harbor.[1] Construction began in 1926,[2] and the building opened in 1927 as an apartment hotel with 2- and 3-room units.[1] When first built, it was received with both acclaim and controversy,[4] called "a 27-story apartment hotel, a thing of rare beauty"[5] and "a modern skyscraper in a neighborhood of brownstones".[4]
It was converted to a co-op in 1976,[1] and is "one of the Village's most desirable co-ops."[6]
Architecture
The architectural style has been described as Art Deco[3] and modern,[3] and having "a vaguely Venetian or Gothic cast",[1] although The New York Times assessed it as "astylar, more 'tall building' than anything else."[1] The flat exterior incorporates brick of different colors to create the illusion of depth.[1]
In popular culture
- The building appears in the painting Behind the Square by Niles Spencer.[4]
- The now-closed One Fifth Restaurant was a location of Woody Allen's 1989 Crimes and Misdemeanors and in the 1978 Jill Clayburgh film An Unmarried Woman.
- Writer Candace Bushnell's 2008 novel One Fifth Avenue is named for and set at the building.
See also
References
- Gray, Christopher (October 4, 1992). "Streetscapes: 1 Fifth Avenue; A Good Joke Not Well Retold". New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. A.7.
- One Fifth Avenue at Emporis. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
- Nash, Eric Peter (1999). Manhattan Skyscrapers. Princeton Architectural Press. p. 49. ISBN 978-1-56898-181-9.
- Niles Spencer. Whitney Museum of American Art. 1990. p. 23. OCLC 501475021.
- Ney, Lew (October 12, 1927). "Greenwich Village". Variety. p. 42.
- Robledo, S. Jhoanna (January 26, 2011). "Life Swap: What If You Left New York?". New York.
External links
Media related to One Fifth Avenue at Wikimedia Commons