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312 and 314 East 53rd Street, east of Second Avenue, are two of a few remaining wooden houses in Midtown and Upper Manhattan. 303 East 53rd Street was Muppet headquarters between 1963 and 1968 when Jim Henson rented space in the building. The Lipstick Building stands at Third Avenue. Citigroup Center is a 59-story skyscraper located at 601 ...
Selene (formerly known as 100 East 53rd Street and 610 Lexington Avenue) is a residential skyscraper at the southwest corner of 53rd Street and Lexington Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The 64-story tower, completed in 2019, was designed by Norman Foster. [3] At 711 feet (217 m) tall, it is the 77th tallest building in New York.
[1] [2] It takes up the western part of a city block bounded by Third Avenue to the west, 54th Street to the north, Second Avenue to the east, and 53rd Street to the south. The L-shaped land lot covers 26,108 sq ft (2,425.5 m 2) with a frontage of 200 ft (61 m) on Third Avenue and a depth of 160 ft (49 m). [3]
To the left (south) of the main entrance, there is a square tower at the southeast corner of the church, facing Fifth Avenue and 53rd Street. [ 25 ] [ 18 ] The tower has a simpler design than the main entrance, with band courses and other horizontal design features that relate to the main entrance's design. [ 26 ]
[35] [39] As a result, 312 East 53rd Street was designated as a city landmark on October 12, 1968, [40] effectively blocking the assemblage of the site for the proposed apartment. [39] Schaffner's neighbor at 314 East 53rd Street, Donald Parson Jr., [7] wanted to sell the property and was uninterested in designation.
MoMA decided to proceed with the demolition because the American Folk Art Museum was in the way of MoMA's planned expansion, which included exhibition space within 53 West 53rd Street. [102] [103] In September 2014, Hines and Pontiac purchased a combined 240,000 sq ft (22,000 m 2) air rights from MoMA and St. Thomas Church for $85.3 million.
Paley Park is a pocket park located at 3 East 53rd Street between Madison and Fifth Avenues in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on the former site of the Stork Club. [1] Designed by the landscape architectural firm of Zion Breen Richardson Associates, it opened May 23, 1967.
The DuMont Building (also known as 515 Madison Avenue) is a 532-foot (162 m) high, 42-story building located at 53rd Street and Madison Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, United States.