730 Park Avenue
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Apartment building in Manhattan, New York
TypeResidential
Architectural styleNeo-Renaissance, Neo-Jacobean
Location730 Park Avenue, Lenox Hill, Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
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| General information | |
| Type | Residential |
| Architectural style | Neo-Renaissance, Neo-Jacobean |
| Location | 730 Park Avenue, Lenox Hill, Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York City, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 40°46′14″N 73°57′53″W / 40.77045°N 73.96472°W / 40.77045; -73.96472 |
| Construction started | 1928 |
| Completed | 1929 |
| Height | |
| Architectural | 225 feet (69 m) |
| Roof | 213 feet (65 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 19 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architects | Lafayette A. Goldstone and F. Burrall Hoffman |
730 Park Avenue is a historic residential building in Lenox Hill on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. A cooperative, the building has 38 apartments.[1]
The nineteen-story building was completed in 1929.[2] It is 225 feet (69 m) high.[2] It was designed by architect Lafayette A. Goldstone,[2] with F. Burrall Hoffman, Jr.
Past tenants included Samuel Irving Newhouse, Sr. (the founder of Advance Publications) and his wife Mitzi, philanthropist Edward Warburg, John Langeloth Loeb, Jr. (who served as the United States Ambassador to Denmark from 1981 to 1983), Lyman G. Bloomingdale (the co-founder of Bloomingdale's) and journalist Mike Wallace of 60 Minutes.[3][4] It was the final home of novelist Edna Ferber.[5]
References
- ↑ "730 Park Avenue". The New York Times. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
- 1 2 3 "730 Park Avenue". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
- ↑ Wise, Dorothy Kalins (May 20, 1968). "Appraising the Most Expensive Apartment Houses in the City". The New York Magazine. p. 26. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
- ↑ Gould Keil, Jennifer (13 October 2012). "Mike Wallace's sprawling $20 million Park Avenue apartment for sale". New York Post. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
- ↑ "Edna Ferber, Novelist, 82, Dies; Edna Ferber, Novelist Who Chronicled America, Is Dead at 82". The New York Times. 17 April 1968. p. 1. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
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40°46′14″N 73°57′53″W / 40.77045°N 73.96472°W / 40.77045; -73.96472