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The three-storey penthouse at 740 Park Avenue. The building was constructed in 1929 by James T. Lee, the grandfather of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis – who lived there as a child as Jacqueline Bouvier – and was designed by Rosario Candela and Arthur Loomis Harmon; Harmon became a partner of the newly named Shreve, Lamb and Harmon during the year of construction.
Julia Margaret Flesher Koch (born April 12, 1962) is an American socialite and philanthropist who is one of the richest women in the world. In the Forbes ranking for September 2024, her fortune was over $74 billion. [1] She inherited her fortune from her husband, David Koch, who died in 2019.
Teri Karush Roger of The New York Times stated "The book, which took Mr. Gross a year and a half to research and write, is meant to "trace the broad strokes of who is making the most money in the country at any point in the last 100 years," he said, "and who is using it in essence to show off, which is ultimately what apartments at 740 have become". [2]
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[11] [12] The Rhinelander Mansion shares the block with St. James' Episcopal Church immediately to the south, 36 East 72nd Street to the east, and 740 Park Avenue to the southeast. Other nearby buildings include 720 Park Avenue and 730 Park Avenue on the block to the south; 907 Fifth Avenue and 9 East 71st Street to the west; and 7 East 72nd ...
“Lee was so jealous of Jackie she could hardly speak,” Laurence Leamer, who wrote the book Capote’s Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era, told People. “If your ...
The entire museum reflects Electra Webb's passion for American art and design, as she treasured a variety of objects. Five rooms from her Park Avenue apartment were installed in a memorial building after her death in 1960, bringing Webb's collection of works by Monet, Manet, and Degas to the museum grounds. A large pastel by Mary Cassatt ...
In the 1920s the portion of Park Avenue from Grand Central to 96th Street saw extensive apartment building construction. This long stretch of the avenue contains some of the most expensive real estate in the world. Real estate at 740 Park Avenue, for example, sells for several thousand dollars per square foot. [35] Park Avenue on the Upper East ...