Residential building in Manhattan, New York
720 Park Avenue is a historic residential building in Lenox Hill on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City , USA. A cooperative , the building has 34 apartments, a gymnasium and storage spaces.[1] It is secured by a full-time doorman.[1]
History
The 17-story building was completed in 1928.[2] [1] It was designed by Cross & Cross and Rosario Candela in the Neoclassical architectural style .[2] [3] It is 62.18 meters tall.[2]
In the 1930s, Jesse I. Straus , the co-owner of Macy's who served as the United States Ambassador to France from 1933 to 1936, lived in a duplex in this building.[4]
Billionaire Robert Ziff owns an apartment at 720 Park Avenue.[citation needed ]
In 2008, diplomat Carl Spielvogel , who served as the United States Ambassador to the Slovak Republic from 2000 to 2001, sold his apartment in the building to businessman Peter S. Kraus , the chairman and chief executive officer of AllianceBernstein , for US$37 million.[5] In 2013, an apartment was listed for US$25 million.[3]
References
^ a b c "720 Park Avenue" . The New York Times . Retrieved October 11, 2015 .
^ a b c "720 Park Avenue" . Emporis . Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 11, 2015 .
^ a b Dailey, Jessica (March 8, 2013). "720 Park Avenue Penthouse Has Three Terraces, Wants $25M" . Curbed . Retrieved October 11, 2015 .
^ Alpern, Andrew (1992). Luxury Apartment Houses of Manhattan: An Illustrated History . New York: Dover Publications. p. 182. ISBN 0486273709 . OCLC 803557032 .
^ Shari, Michael (May 30, 2010). "Goldman alum Peter Kraus' defiant, decadent return" . The New York Post . Retrieved October 11, 2015 .
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