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One Fifth Avenue (Manhattan)

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Art Deco Building on 1 Fifth Avenue from Washington Square Park 2019 09 29 23 14
Art Deco Building on 1 Fifth Avenue from Washington Square Park 2019 09 29 23 14

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."

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One Fifth Avenue (Manhattan)
Washington Square North, New York Manhattan

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Art Deco Building on 1 Fifth Avenue from Washington Square Park 2019 09 29 23 14
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