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903 Park Avenue

December 27, 2012 by Andy

When it was built 1912 903 Park Avenue held the title of being the worlds tallest residential building with 17 stories, and each floor having a single apartment. Despite no longer holding the world title, the building sits impressively on the NE corner of 79th Street and Park, a renaissance revival style built by Robert T Lyons, and the development team of Bing & Bing. To note, Lyons was also the architect of the more well known Gramercy Park Hotel which has come back into vogue after Ian Schrager purchased it. 903 has a single story limestone base that then transitions to brick for the remainder of the building, capped by a monumental copper capital, the oxidized green creating a striking image against the beige brickwork and the sky.

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