720 Park Avenue
Apartment building in Manhattan, New York
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720 Park Avenue is a historic residential building in Lenox Hill on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S. A cooperative, the building has 34 apartments, a gymnasium and storage spaces.[1] It is secured by a full-time doorman.[1]
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Architectural style | Neoclassical architecture |
| Location | 720 Park Avenue, Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 40.7702°N 73.96491°W |
Completed | 1928 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 17 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architects | Cross & Cross Rosario Candela |
History
The 17-story building was completed in 1928.[2][1] It was designed by Cross & Cross and Rosario Candela in the Neoclassical architectural style.[2][3] It is 62.18 meters tall.[2]
In the 1930s, Jesse I. Straus, the co-owner of Macy's who served as the United States Ambassador to France from 1933 to 1936, lived in a duplex in this building.[4]
In 2008, diplomat Carl Spielvogel, who served as the United States Ambassador to the Slovak Republic from 2000 to 2001, sold his apartment in the building to businessman Peter S. Kraus, the chairman and chief executive officer of AllianceBernstein, for US$37 million.[5] In 2013, an apartment was listed for US$25 million.[3]