“Built over twenty years
ago, this apartment house still offers lessons in planning to many of the
‘luxury’ apartments of the postwar period… This block-through structure, covering less than the maximum
permissible site, is designed with a central garden court, which adds the rare
amenities of light, air and respite from street noises to city living. The whole structure is remarkably free
from the stylish ornamental mannerisms that would mark it as ‘early modern’;
its simple, straightforward detailing, although somewhat heavy, makes the
building as pleasantly contemporary today as when it was first erected.”
- “Four Walking Tours of Modern Architecture in
New York City,” The Museum of Modern Art and the Municipal Art Society of New
York, Prepared by Ada Louise Huxtable; Distributed by Doubleday & Company,
Inc., Third Printing 1966.
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