730 Park Avenue Explained

730 Park Avenue
Location:730 Park Avenue, Lenox Hill, Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
Coordinates:40.7705°N -73.9647°W
Start Date:1928
Completion Date:1929
Building Type:Residential
Architectural Style:Neo-Renaissance, Neo-Jacobean
Architectural:225feet
Roof:213feet
Floor Count:19
Architect:Lafayette A. Goldstone and F. Burrall Hoffman

730 Park Avenue is a historic residential building in Lenox Hill on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. A cooperative, the building has 38 apartments.[1]

History

The nineteen-story building was completed in 1929.[2] It is 225feet high.[2] It was designed by architect Lafayette A. Goldstone, [2] with F. Burrall Hoffman, Jr.

Past tenants included Samuel Irving Newhouse, Sr. (the founder of Advance Publications) and his wife Mitzi, philanthropist Edward Warburg, John Langeloth Loeb, Jr. (who served as the United States Ambassador to Denmark from 1981 to 1983), Lyman G. Bloomingdale (the co-founder of Bloomingdale's) and journalist Mike Wallace of 60 Minutes.[3] [4]

References

40.7705°N -73.9647°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 730 Park Avenue . The New York Times . October 11, 2015 .
  2. Web site: 730 Park Avenue . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075120/http://www.emporis.com/buildings/114231/730-park-avenue-new-york-city-ny-usa . dead . March 4, 2016 . . October 11, 2015 .
  3. News: Wise . Dorothy Kalins . May 20, 1968 . Appraising the Most Expensive Apartment Houses in the City . The New York Magazine. 26 . October 11, 2015 .
  4. Web site: Gould Keil . Jennifer . Mike Wallace's sprawling $20 million Park Avenue apartment for sale . . 23 February 2019 . 13 October 2012.