Manhattan House

Manhattan House is an apartment building on the Upper East Side in Manhattan, New York City. The building is located at 200 East 66th Street, off Third Avenue.[1][2]

Manhattan House
Looking east from Third Avenue along E65th Street at Manhattan House, on a sunny afternoon.
General information
Location200 East 66th Street, Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York City
Construction started1950
Completed1951
Design and construction
ArchitectGordon Bunshaft

It was built from 1950 to 1951.[1][2] Designed by architect Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, the architectural style has been described as modernist.[1][2] The building was made with concrete, and the facade with white bricks.[2] Being 214 feet tall, it is considered a high-rise building.[2] It overlooks a private garden with two sculptures by Hans Van de Bovenkamp.[3] The developer donated a strip of land on the north side of the property to widen 66th Street. A wider street allowed a taller building.[4]

The building is residential with many condominiums.[1] Notable tenants have included furniture designer Florence Knoll, actress Grace Kelly, clarinetist Benny Goodman, former Governor Hugh Carey, and businessman Frank Hardart, the co-founder of Horn & Hardart.[4]

In 2007, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the complex a landmark for its influential mid-century modernist architecture.[4] In 2014, the penthouses were redesigned by Cuban-born interior designer Vicente Wolf.[5][6] Manhattan House is co-owned by N. Richard Kalikow, a real estate developer, and Jeremiah W. O'Connor, Jr., the Managing Partner at O’Connor Capital Partners, a private equity firm.[4][7] Both men disagreed on their 2007 renovation project.[7]

References
  1. Corcoran Group of Real Estate: Manhattan House
  2. Manhattan House Apartments, Emporis
  3. Manhattan House: Garden
  4. "Manhattan House" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. October 30, 2007. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  5. Manhattan House: Vicente Wolf
  6. Chris Pomorski, First Vicente Wolf Penthouses at Manhattan House Hit the Market; Do We Hear $12.5 M., The New York Observer, May 13, 2014
  7. Barbanel, Josh (June 17, 2007). "Manhattan House Divided". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 3, 2020.


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