720 Park Avenue
Residential building in Manhattan, New York
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Neoclassical architecture |
| Location | 720 Park Avenue, Lenox Hill, Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York City, U.S. |
| Completed | 1928 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 17 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Cross & Cross Rosario Candela |
720 Park Avenue is a historic residential building in Lenox Hill on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City, USA. A cooperative, the building has 34 apartments, a gymnasium and storage spaces.[1] It is secured by a full-time doorman.[1]
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]
Billionaire Robert Ziff owns an apartment at 720 Park Avenue.[citation needed]
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]
References
- ^ a b c "720 Park Avenue". The New York Times. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
- ^ a b c "720 Park Avenue". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
- ^ a b Dailey, Jessica (March 8, 2013). "720 Park Avenue Penthouse Has Three Terraces, Wants $25M". Curbed. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
- ^ Alpern, Andrew (1992). Luxury Apartment Houses of Manhattan: An Illustrated History. New York: Dover Publications. p. 182. ISBN 0486273709. OCLC 803557032.
- ^ Shari, Michael (May 30, 2010). "Goldman alum Peter Kraus' defiant, decadent return". The New York Post. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
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