133 East 80th Street
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| Location | 133 E 80th St, Manhattan, New York, US |
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| Coordinates | 40°46′33″N 73°57′31″W / 40.775888°N 73.958515°WCoordinates: 40°46′33″N 73°57′31″W / 40.775888°N 73.958515°W Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed. |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Architectural style | Late Gothic Revival |
| {{{DESIGNATED_OTHER1_ABBR}}} # | 06101.017261 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | 2010-08-16 |
| Designated {{{DESIGNATED_OTHER1_ABBR}}} | 2010-06-25[1] |
133 East 80th Street is an apartment building on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City, United States. Designed by Rosario Candela, the building contains elements of the Tudor Revival and Gothic Revival styles. Construction began in January 1930 and was completed that August. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1]
Description
133 East 80th Street was designed by Rosario Candela,[3][4] a prolific luxury apartment designer in New York City during the mid-1920s, who continued to design buildings after the Wall Street crash of 1929.[5] It is located in the Upper East Side neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States.[6][4] The site is at 80th Street's northwestern corner with Lexington Avenue,[6][7] measuring 70 feet (21 m) wide on 80th Street to the south and 100 feet (30 m) wide on Lexington Avenue to the east.[8] The adjacent buildings on Lexington Avenue are mixed-use 12- to 17-story buildings, along with a church immediately to the southeast. Along 80th Street are 5-story residences,[6] including 49 East 80th Street and other townhouses one block west.[9]
Exterior
The exterior rises 15 stories and has contains elements of the Tudor Revival and Gothic Revival styles. It generally has sash windows, and the upper stories contain setbacks.[10] The two-story base is clad in limestone and brick, and is divided into five bays on 80th Street and six bays on Lexington Avenue. On 80th Street, there is a Tudor entrance arch made of terracotta, with wood-and-glass doors and metal sconces. The Lexington Avenue facade has three storefronts, each containing windows with anthemion cresting, topped by metal marquees; one bay has a service entrance with a decorative wrought-iron door. A cornice runs above the base.[6]
The rest of the facade has Gothic Revival decorations including gargoyles, masks, crests, a balcony, and an embrasure. The 3rd to 13th stories form the midsection, which have weathered brick laid in common bond. The corners have limestone quoins which reach down to the 2nd floor, and the windows have moldings similar to those above the 80th Street entrance. On the 3rd and 4th stories, the facade is designed like a piano nobile and have brickwork laid in a diaper pattern. There is another terracotta cornice running above the 9th floor.[6] The 12th to 15th stories contain terraces, as well as Gothic arches made of corbel bricks (the arches are absent from the 13th floor).[10] The roof has a water tower enclosure, surrounded by a balustrade, along with brick crenellations. The enclosure's decorations include Gothic arches with terracotta medallions, in addition to diaper-patterned walls and brick buttresses.[11]
Interior
The interior consists of three ground-level stores, a doctor's office, 20 residential units, and a two-story penthouse apartment at the top.[6]
History
Brown, Wheelock: Harris, Vought & Co., which were hired to sell the apartments, said in late 1929 that the building had attracted "an unusual amount of interest".[8]
Construction took place rapidly, starting on January 4, 1930; the building opened on August 19 that year.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. November 7, 2014. Archived from the original on April 4, 2019. Retrieved July 20, 2023. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ National Park Service (2013-11-02). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ National Park Service 2010, p. 7.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Netto, David; Goldberger, Paul; Pennoyer, Peter (2024-10-15). Rosario Candela & The New York Apartment: 1927-1937 The Architecture of the Age. Rizzoli International Publications. p. 171. ISBN 978-0-8478-6782-0. Retrieved 2026-08-12. Search this book on
- ↑ Gray, Christopher (2006-02-05). "A Renowned Architect's Less Renowned Designs". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-08-12.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 National Park Service 2010, p. 3.
- ↑ "Apartment Going Up In Section of Fine Homes: Calvin Morris Syndicate Is Building It in 80th Street". New York Herald Tribune. 24 Feb 1930. p. 34. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1113615995.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "More Trading In Downtown Real Estate". New York Herald Tribune. 7 Dec 1929. p. 34. ISSN 1941-0646. ProQuest 1112011470.
- ↑ Gray, Christopher (March 7, 2004). "Streetscapes/East 80th Street From Madison to Park Avenues; A Block With Rare Windows and Unusual Statues". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 5, 2026.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 National Park Service 2010, pp. 3–4.
- ↑ National Park Service 2010, p. 4.
Sources
- National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Building at 133 East 80th Street (PDF) (Report). National Park Service. 2010.
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