550 Park Avenue
Apartment building in Manhattan, New York
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550 Park Avenue is a luxury apartment building on Park Avenue on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City, United States.[1][2]
StatusCompleted
TypeResidential
Architectural styleNeo-classicism
Location54-60 East 62nd Street, Manhattan, New York, United States
| 550 Park Avenue | |
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 Interactive map of the 550 Park Avenue area | |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Residential |
| Architectural style | Neo-classicism |
| Location | 54-60 East 62nd Street, Manhattan, New York, United States |
| Coordinates | 40.7648°N 73.9689°W |
| Construction started | May 24, 1916 |
| Completed | December 11, 1917 |
| Owner | 550 PARK AVE CORP |
| Height | |
| Antenna spire | 67.06 metres (220.0 ft) |
| Roof | 64.01 metres (210.0 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 17 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | J.E.R. Carpenter |
550 Park Avenue was designed by J.E.R. Carpenter. The 17-floor building was completed on December 11, 1917 and converted to a cooperative in 1952 with only 32 apartments.[3] It sits next to the Browning School.
Notable residents
Notable residents have included:
- August Belmont Jr., financier
- James Edwin Ruthven Carpenter Jr., architect of the building[4]
- Barbara Goldsmith, author, journalist, and philanthropist[5]
- Hulda Lashanska, soprano singer
- Samuel D. Leidesdorf, accountant[6]
- Jesse Livermore, stock market operator known as the "Boy Plunger of Wall Street"[7]
- Kathryn Bache Miller, philanthropist[8]
- Diana Vreeland, fashion columnist and editor[9]