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1964 980 Fifth Avenue
3 East 79th Street and Fifth Avenue
Featured with floorplan in Andrew Alpern’s book New York’s Fabulous Luxury Apartments page 152.
NB 106-1964
Fifth Avenue, 980-984
27-sty apt, 82×116, 148,704 sq ft (1,809,000 cu ft)
Cost:
$2,500,000
Owner:
Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Inc, Clarence Linder, pres, 1 E 79
Architect:
Paul Resnick & Harry F Green, 654 Madison av
Address in Real Estate Record:
5TH av, 980-984
Located in Metropolitan Museum Historic District designated 20 September 1977
Campagna Construction Corporation bought the property in 1963 and announced plans for demolition on September 17, 1964 (source)
– Anthony and son John (source)
– the 45-unit building was designed by Paul Resnick and H. F. Green (source)
– misattributed to builders Gustave Ring and Milton Ritzenberg in Andrew Alpern’s book New York’s Fabulous Luxury Apartments page 152
980 Fifth Avenue: This 26-story tower was erected as a cooperative in 1966 on the site of a chateau-like mansion that had been erected by Isaac Brokaw in 1887. One of the most dramatic high rise cooperatives in Fifth Avenue many apartments enjoy magnificent Central Park views. The walk on Museum Mile is a major joy of residents in this fine building. There are limestone bay windows that are large and inviting. With only 45 homes, this is one of the finest postwar buildings on Fifth Avenue. (source)
Before 1966, 980 Fifth Avenue was the site of the Brokaw Mansion, a chateau-like residence that was erected by Isaac Vail Brokaw in 1887. Campagna Construction Corporation purchased the site in the early ’60s and went about demolishing the mansion in order to make way for a Paul Resnick and H. F. Green-designed high-rise residential tower. (source)
EXTERNAL LINKS
• 50 Years Ago Today, This Grand Mansion Met a Wrecking Ball Curbed New York
• STREETSCAPES The Wrecking Ball’s Last, Uninhibited Dance By Christopher Gray Nov. 29, 2012
• The Brokaw Mansion: Catalyst for the Landmarks Law The New York Preservation Archive Project
• Anthony Campagna was a developer responsible for the demolition of Greenwich Village’s “House of Genius” and the Brokaw Mansion. The New York Preservation Archive Project
• The demolition of the Brokaw Mansion played a significant role in advancing landmarks legislation in New York City. The New York Preservation Archive Project
• BROKAW HOUSE New York Architecture
• The Lost Isaac Vail Brokaw Mansion — No. 1 East 79th Street Daytonian in Manhattan
• Daytonian in Manhattan: The Lost Elvira Brokaw McNair Mansion – 5-7 East 79th Street
• Landmark Mansion on 79th St. to Be Razed By Thomas W. Ennis Sept. 17, 1964
• Plans to Raze 79th Street Mansions In Line With City’s Destructive Trend By Ada Louise Huxtable September 17, 1964
The Lost Brokaw Mansions – 984 and 985 Fifth Avenue
The Lost Isaac Vail Brokaw Mansion — No. 1 East 79th Street
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