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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.
The New York Apartment Houses of Rosario Candela and James Carpenter is an illustrated book by American architecture historian Andrew Alpern. The book was initially published on February 2, 2002, by Acanthus Press.
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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)
People take pictures as a 2-month-old female pygmy hippo named Moo Deng eats with her mother Jona at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province, Thailand, on Sept. 16.
The carriage house has been converted into a community center with a rooftop deck and porthole skylights. There's a new community garden, set against a stained-glass wall made from repurposed building materials and architectural elements. Mr. Hooper's store has retained its art deco barstools and lunch counter, but now has free Wi-Fi.
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