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1 Fifth Ave Gargoyle # 1 - GOR- 222771-1cE23

One Fifth Avenue is a residential skyscraper in the Washington Square area of Greenwich Village. It was designed by Harvey Wiley Corbett of the firm Helme & Corbett.

In 1926, developer Joseph G. Siegel leased the lot on the southeast corner of 8th Street and Fifth Avenue from Sailors' Snug Harbor. Construction began in 1926, and the building opened in 1927 as an apartment hotel with 2- and 3-room units.[ When first built, it was received with both acclaim and controversy, called "a 27-story apartment hotel, a thing of rare beauty" and "a modern skyscraper in a neighborhood of brownstones".

It was converted to a co-op in 1976, and is "one of the Village's most desirable co-ops.

1 Fifth Avenue is a prestigious prewar Art Deco landmark co-op, built in 1927 by Harvey Wiley Corbett. With its majestic two-story lobby in Greenwic Village NYC.

General information
Architectural style Art Deco, modernism
Location Greenwich Village, Manhattan
Address 1 Fifth Avenue
Groundbreaking 1926
Completed 1927
Height 353 feet
Floor count 27
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One Fifth Avenue is a residential skyscraper in the Washington Square area of Greenwich Village. It was designed by Harvey Wiley Corbett of the firm Helme & Corbett.<br /> <br /> In 1926, developer Joseph G. Siegel leased the lot on the southeast corner of 8th Street and Fifth Avenue from Sailors' Snug Harbor. Construction began in 1926, and the building opened in 1927 as an apartment hotel with 2- and 3-room units.[ When first built, it was received with both acclaim and controversy, called "a 27-story apartment hotel, a thing of rare beauty" and "a modern skyscraper in a neighborhood of brownstones".<br /> <br /> It was converted to a co-op in 1976, and is "one of the Village's most desirable co-ops.<br /> <br /> 1 Fifth Avenue is a prestigious prewar Art Deco landmark co-op, built in 1927 by Harvey Wiley Corbett. With its majestic two-story lobby in Greenwic Village NYC.<br /> <br /> General information<br /> Architectural style Art Deco, modernism<br /> Location Greenwich Village, Manhattan<br /> Address 1 Fifth Avenue<br /> Groundbreaking 1926<br /> Completed 1927<br /> Height 353 feet <br /> Floor count 27<br /> _____________________________________________________________________
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