Harperley Hall

Harperley Hall designed by Henry W. Wilkerson c. 1910 at 41 Central Park West and West 64th Street in New York City.  Click HERE to see floor plans to the building and HERE to see Harperley Hall on google street view.

Photos from Architects' and Builders' Magazine, 1910.

399 Park Avenue

399 Park Avenue designed by Schwartz & Gross c. 1920 at the corner of East 54th Street in New York City.  The apartment building was demolished in the late 1950s and replaced with an office tower financed by Vincent Astor.

Photos from Architectural Record, 1921.

The Apthorp

 The Apthorp apartment house designed by Clinton & Russell c. 1906 on Broadway between West 78th and 79th Streets in New York City.  The building was financed by William Waldorf Astor and was built on a piece of the old Apthorp Farm that had previously existed on the Upper West Side.  The building was converted to condos in 2008.  Click HERE for Christopher Gray's Streetscapes article on the Apthorp.  Click HERE to see the Apthorp on google street view.

Photos from Architecture, 1908.

The Phipps Houses No. 2

The second tenement complex known as the Phipps Houses designed by Whitfield & King c. 1906 at 233-247 West 63rd Street.  Click HERE to see the first Phipps Houses complex.  Click HERE to see these buildings as they look today on google street view.  Photo from Architecture, 1908.

The Phipps Houses No. 1

 The Phipps Houses, a six-story tenement building built for Henry Phipps and designed by Grosvenor Atterbury c. 1906 at 321-337 East 31st Street in New York City.  Phipps created a $1 million fund for the creation of his model tenements which were designed to prove that one could earn a return on this new, larger form of tenement design while providing more suitable living standards.  Click HERE for Christopher Gray's Streetscapes article on the Phipps Houses and HERE for a 1905 NYTimes article on the announcement of the creation of the Phipps tenement fund.  Click HERE for more on Phipps Houses and their affiliate Phipps CDC.  The building has since been demolished.

Photos from The Brickbuilder, 1907.

440 West End Avenue

 440 West End Avenue designed by Little & O'Connor c. 1900 at the corner of West 81st Street in New York City.  The apartment house was demolished in 1927 and replaced with a fifteen story design by Schwartz & Gross.  Click HERE to see 440 West End Avenue as it looks today.

Photos from Architectural Record, 1901.

1 Lexington Avenue

1 Lexington Avenue designed by Herbert Lucas c. 1910 at the corner of Lexington Avenue and East 21st Street in New York City.  The apartment house replaced the Henry W. Poor house seen HERE.  Click HERE to see 1 Lexington Avenue on google street view.  1913 photo from the Museum of the City of New York.

998 Fifth Avenue

 998 Fifth Avenue designed by McKim, Mead & White c. 1912 at East 81st Street in New York City.  Click HERE for Christopher Gray's Streetscapes article on the building and HERE to see it on google street view.

Photos from Architecture & Building, 1912.

The Chatsworth

 The Chatsworth designed by John E. Scharsmith c. 1904 at 344 West 72nd Street in New York City.  Click HERE to read the 1984 Landmark Commission's designation report on the building.  Click HERE to see the Chatsworth on google street view.
 

Black and white photo from the Museum of the City of New York (1905).

563 Park Avenue

563 Park Avenue designed by Walter B. Chambers c. 1909 at the corner of East 62nd Street in New York City.  Click HERE for a 1909 NYTimes article on the building and HERE to see 563 Park Avenue on google street view.

131 East 66th Street

131 East 66th Street, a studio building designed by Charles A. Platt c. 1906 on Lexington Avenue and East 66th Street in New York City. Click HERE for Christopher Gray's Streetscapes article on the history of the building and HERE for a 2010 NYTimes article on a unit for sale in the building. Charles Platt himself appears on the 1910 Census as residing here. Click HERE to see 131 East 66th Street on google street view.

Photos from Architectural Record, 1908.

405 Park Avenue

405 Park Avenue designed by Cross & Cross c. 1915 at Park Avenue and East 54th Street in New York City. The apartment house was later converted to an office building. Click HERE to see what 405 Park Avenue looks like today on google street view.

Photos from Architectural Record, 1921.

The Montana Apartments

The Montana Apartments designed by Rouse & Goldstone c. 1912 at 375 Park Avenue in New York City. The building replaced the Steinway piano factory located on the site. The Montana was sold in 1951 to The Seagram Company and was demolished and replaced with their c. 1956 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe designed Seagram Building.

Photos from Architecture & Building, 1913.

The Dorilton Apartments

The Dorilton Apartments designed by Janes & Leo c. 1902 at the corner of Broadway and West 71st Street in New York City. Click HERE to read Christopher Gray's Streetscapes column on the building and HERE to see The Dorilton on google street view.

Photos from Architectural Review, 1902.