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 | |
|---|---|
 The building, as seen from Washington Square Park in 2019 | |
| 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(s) | 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.
- The sign indicating its address is found by the other girls from Miss Hannigan's orphanage in the 1982 film Annie while they are searching for 987 Fifth Avenue.
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". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 29, 2020. 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