810 Fifth Avenue
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810 Fifth Avenue is a luxury residential housing cooperative
in Manhattan
, New York City
.
810 Fifth is located on the northeast corner of East 62nd Street, across the street from the Knickerbocker Club
. It was designed by J. E. R. Carpenter for the Bricken Construction Company and built in 1926 on the site of a house owned by Mrs. Hamilton Fish
. It is a 13-story, limestone-clad building in Italian Renaissance-palazzo style.
The building contains only 12 apartments: a ground floor maisonette, 10 full-floor apartments and a multi-floor penthouse. Every apartment has windows overlooking Central Park and it is one of the most expensive addresses in the city. Each full floor apartment has 5000 square feet (464.5 m²) of space, four bedrooms and four servants rooms. The elevator opens into a private entrance foyer on each floor. The detailing of the exterior in "elegant... limestone-clad, Italian Renaissance-palazzo style" is carried into the lobby, which features bronze torchieres and an elaborate carved plasterwork ceiling. The New York Times once speculated that 810 might be the only apartment building in the city to have "more employees than apartments."
Nelson Rockefeller
lived in a two floor apartment with his first wife Mary Todhunter Clark. The 30-room apartment was renovated for the Rockefellers by Wallace Harrison
and decorated by Jean-Michel Frank
. She retained the apartment after the divorce, while Rockefeller moved to a penthouse that encompasses the building's top three floors with his second wife, Margaretta Fitler ("Happy") Murphy. The apartment was expanded by purchasing a floor of 812 Fifth Avenue. The two spaces connected via a flight of six steps. Rockefeller and his second wife used the entrance at 812 Fifth while his first wife entered through 810 Fifth.
In 1963 former Vice President Richard Nixon
bought an apartment in the building. During the 1968 presidential contest, Nixon and Rockfeller used different elevators. Nixon held meetings in his fifth-floor apartment during the campaign, including an early meeting with the man who would become his Vice-President, Spiro Agnew
.
In 2000, the building's board of directors turned down an application by Gary Winnick
to buy the former Nelson Rockefeller apartment.
Notable residents have included Felix Rohatyn
and former Archer Daniels Midland CEO Dwayne Andreas
. David Geffen
moved into 810 in 2006 but moved to 785 Fifth Avenue in 2010.
Housing cooperative
A housing cooperative is a legal entity—usually a corporation—that owns real estate, consisting of one or more residential buildings. Each shareholder in the legal entity is granted the right to occupy one housing unit, sometimes subject to an occupancy agreement, which is similar to a lease. ...
in Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
, New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
.
810 Fifth is located on the northeast corner of East 62nd Street, across the street from the Knickerbocker Club
Knickerbocker Club
The Knickerbocker Club , is a gentlemen's club in New York City founded in 1871. Its current location, a neo-Georgian structure at 2 East 62nd Street, was commissioned in 1913. It was designed by William Adams Delano and Chester Holmes Aldrich...
. It was designed by J. E. R. Carpenter for the Bricken Construction Company and built in 1926 on the site of a house owned by Mrs. Hamilton Fish
Hamilton Fish
Hamilton Fish was an American statesman and politician who served as the 16th Governor of New York, United States Senator and United States Secretary of State. Fish has been considered one of the best Secretary of States in the United States history; known for his judiciousness and reform efforts...
. It is a 13-story, limestone-clad building in Italian Renaissance-palazzo style.
The building contains only 12 apartments: a ground floor maisonette, 10 full-floor apartments and a multi-floor penthouse. Every apartment has windows overlooking Central Park and it is one of the most expensive addresses in the city. Each full floor apartment has 5000 square feet (464.5 m²) of space, four bedrooms and four servants rooms. The elevator opens into a private entrance foyer on each floor. The detailing of the exterior in "elegant... limestone-clad, Italian Renaissance-palazzo style" is carried into the lobby, which features bronze torchieres and an elaborate carved plasterwork ceiling. The New York Times once speculated that 810 might be the only apartment building in the city to have "more employees than apartments."
Nelson Rockefeller
Nelson Rockefeller
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller was the 41st Vice President of the United States , serving under President Gerald Ford, and the 49th Governor of New York , as well as serving the Roosevelt, Truman and Eisenhower administrations in a variety of positions...
lived in a two floor apartment with his first wife Mary Todhunter Clark. The 30-room apartment was renovated for the Rockefellers by Wallace Harrison
Wallace Harrison
Wallace Kirkman Harrison , was an American architect.-Career:Harrison started his professional career with the firm of Corbett, Harrison & MacMurray, participating in the construction of Rockefeller Center...
and decorated by Jean-Michel Frank
Jean-Michel Frank
Jean-Michel Frank was a French interior designer known for minimalist interiors decorated with plain-lined but sumptuous furniture made of luxury materials, such as shagreen, mica, and intricate straw marquetry.-Life and career:...
. She retained the apartment after the divorce, while Rockefeller moved to a penthouse that encompasses the building's top three floors with his second wife, Margaretta Fitler ("Happy") Murphy. The apartment was expanded by purchasing a floor of 812 Fifth Avenue. The two spaces connected via a flight of six steps. Rockefeller and his second wife used the entrance at 812 Fifth while his first wife entered through 810 Fifth.
In 1963 former Vice President Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under...
bought an apartment in the building. During the 1968 presidential contest, Nixon and Rockfeller used different elevators. Nixon held meetings in his fifth-floor apartment during the campaign, including an early meeting with the man who would become his Vice-President, Spiro Agnew
Spiro Agnew
Spiro Theodore Agnew was the 39th Vice President of the United States , serving under President Richard Nixon, and the 55th Governor of Maryland...
.
In 2000, the building's board of directors turned down an application by Gary Winnick
Gary Winnick
Gary Winnick is an American financier with a global investment career spanning three decades. He is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Pacific Capital Group, a diversified private investment firm founded in 1985...
to buy the former Nelson Rockefeller apartment.
Notable residents have included Felix Rohatyn
Felix Rohatyn
Felix George Rohatyn is an American investment banker known for his role in preventing the bankruptcy of New York City in the 1970s, who also served as United States Ambassador to France. He was a long term advisor to the U.S...
and former Archer Daniels Midland CEO Dwayne Andreas
Dwayne Andreas
Dwayne Orville Andreas is one of the most prominent political campaign donors in the United States, having contributed millions of dollars to Democratic and Republican candidates alike...
. David Geffen
David Geffen
David Geffen is an American record executive, film producer, theatrical producer and philanthropist. Geffen is noted for creating Asylum Records in 1970, Geffen Records in 1980, and DGC Records in 1990...
moved into 810 in 2006 but moved to 785 Fifth Avenue in 2010.