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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.
The book concentrates on the 19-floor, Art Deco luxury condominium 740 Park Avenue designed by Rosario Candela and Arthur Loomis Harmon in 1929 and on several generations of the superrich who have lived there since its construction on the peak of the Great Depression.
Julia and David Koch spent years living in an apartment at 1040 Fifth Avenue, but in 2004 they moved to an 18-room duplex at 740 Park Avenue. [ 7 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] According to 740 Park: The Story of the World's Richest Apartment Building , David Koch bought the apartment for about $17 million from the Japanese government, which previously used ...
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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 ...
Here’s what you need to know about the woman considered by many to be the most beautiful and stylish of her generation. Jackie and Lee with their dog in 1935. Bettmann
The Park Avenue Houses are listed together on the National Register of Historic Places and individually on the New York City Landmark Preservation Commission registry. They are 680 Park Avenue - Percy R. Pyne House (now the Americas Society) 684 Park Avenue - Oliver D. Filley House (now the Queen Sofía Spanish Institute)