550 Park Avenue

550 Park Avenue is a luxury apartment building on Park Avenue on the Upper East SideofManhattan, New York City, United States.^[1]^[2]

550 Park Avenue


General information
Status	Completed
Type	Residential
Architectural style	Neo-classicism
Location	54-60 East 62nd Street, Manhattan, New York, United States
Coordinates	40°45′53″N 73°58′08″W / 40.7648°N 73.9689°W / 40.7648; -73.9689
Construction started	May 24, 1916
Completed	December 11, 1917
Owner	550 PARK AVE CORP
Height
Antenna spire	67.06 metres (220.0 ft)
Roof	64.01 metres (210.0 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	17
Design and construction
Architect(s)	J.E.R. Carpenter

550 Park Avenue was designed by J.E.R. Carpenter. The 17-floor building was completed on December 11, 1917 and converted to a cooperative in 1952 with only 32 apartments.^[3] It is adjacent to the Browning School.

Notable residents have included:

Kathryn Bache Miller, philanthropist^[4]

August Belmont Jr., financier

J.E.R Carpenter, architect of the building^[5]

Samuel D. Leidesdorf, accountant^[6]

Barbara Goldsmith, author, journalist, and philanthropist^[7]

Hulda Lashanska, soprano singer

Diana Vreeland, fashion columnist and editor^[8]

^ "BUILDING DESCRIPTION". streeteasy.com. Retrieved January 22, 2016.

^ "550 Park Avenue". Emporis. emporis.com. Archived from the original on January 27, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2016.

^ "550 PARK AVENUE OVERVIEW". City Realty. cityrealty.com. Retrieved January 22, 2016.

^ "Kathryn B. Miller, Philantropist, 83". The New York Times. October 16, 1979. ISSN 0362-4331. Wikidata Q121602542. Retrieved August 18, 2023.

^ Alpern, Andrew (2002). The New York Apartment Houses of Rosario Candela and James Carpenter. Acanthus Press. ISBN 978-0926494206.

^ "TENANCIES REPORTED FOR PARK AVE. SUITES; Reports Show Leasing Also in Scattered Sections of City". The New York Times. November 30, 1938. ISSN 0362-4331. Wikidata Q121602691. Retrieved August 18, 2023.

^ Vivian Marino (December 1, 2017). "A $38 Million Penthouse in West Chelsea was November's Top Sale". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Wikidata Q121602620. Retrieved August 18, 2023.

^ "The Divine Mrs. V". New York. nymag.com. Retrieved January 22, 2016.

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