1000 Park Avenue
also 63 East 84th Street | Upper East Side | built 1916
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1916
Emery Roth designs 1000 Park Avenue for the Bing brothers
Developers Bing & Bing built this 13-story apartment house at the northwest corner of Park Avenue and East 84th Street in 1915-16 from a design by Emery Roth. The brown brick building has Gothic-inspired stone and terra cotta detailing. Two carved figures in medieval dress beside the entrance are said to represent the Bing brothers.
Source: Wikipedia
- 2002
The Nanny Diaries author's old building bristles at the novel
Nicola Kraus, co-author of the 2002 novel The Nanny Diaries, is a former resident of 1000 Park Avenue. Readers guessed that the novel's Mrs. X was based on a woman from the building, which Kraus denied. Some current residents objected to her drawing on her former neighbors, and one called her a snitch.
Source: Wikipedia
Further reading
- 1000 Park AvenueWikipedia
- Medieval men on a 1920s Park Avenue buildingEphemeral New York
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