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1940 530 Park Avenue at 61st
– 19 story
– syndicate headed by Anthony Campagna; NY Times 7/24/40 (Kelley Paterno page 287)
NB 26-1940
Park Avenue, 530; East 61st Street, 60
19-sty bk apt, 135×99
Cost:
$1,100,000
Owner:
agent, Albert H. Swanke, 15 Spruce rd, Larchmont, N Y <—-??????
Architect:
Geo. F. Pelham, Jr, 100 E 42
Address in Real Estate Record:
PARK AV, 530; also 61ST ST, 60 E
The building at 530 Park Ave., on the corner of East 61st Street, was completed in 1941, on the divide between the ornate prewar buildings that line major Manhattan residential avenues, and the simpler, more compact buildings of the post-war era. There are a total of 116 condominiums at 530 Park Ave., according to condominium documents. The apartment tower at 530 Park Ave. was completed when developers had first begun shrinking the size of luxury apartments, reducing ceiling heights, and cutting out the once ubiquitous warren of maids’ rooms. It was designed by George F. Pelham Jr., with a plain white-glazed brick facade, with two gentle curves that wrap around the center of the building. Robert A.M. Stern, in his book “New York 1960,” said the design reflected “reductive Modernism in the restraining simplicity of its detailing.” Now the developers have dressed up the plain facade at 530 Park Ave., and introduced new interior plaster moldings and fancy kitchens and bathrooms. They have combined some apartments into larger units and plan more combinations. The height of the lobby entrance has been doubled, some windows enlarged and others added. Decorative iron railings have been added on some windows to echo details on more traditional buildings across the street. Curved glass panes were installed in the curve of the building. The Revenge of the White-Brick Apartment By Josh Barbanel Updated July 18, 2012
530 Park Avenue building website 530parkcondo.com
$4,000,000 IS PAID FOR PARK AV. BLOCK: Anthony Campagna Buys West Frontage Between 60th and 61st Streets. TO ERECT LARGE APARTMENT Site Contains 520 Park Avenue, a Twelve-Story Building, and Brearly School.
One of the largest Park Avenue deals of the year was closed yesterday by Anthony Campagna, who purchased from Frederick Brown the westerly block front between Sixtieth and Sixty-first Streets. New York Times March 26, 1929
“While I have purchased and razed many fine private homes,” said Mr. Campagna, “among them being the Potter residence on Riverside Drive and the Clark house on Fifth Avenue, this is evidently one of the first occasions when a moderately new twelve-story apartment house that has always been well rented will give way in a short time to another similar building to meet the new requirements of city residential life.”
Potter residence was razed to make way for 173-175 Riverside Drive
Clark house was razed to make way for 960 Fifth Avenue
Daytonian in Manhattan: George F. Pelham Jr.’s 1941 530 Park Avenue
