| 880 Fifth Avenue | |
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  Location within New York City | |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Residential |
| Architectural style | Art Deco |
| Location | Manhattan, New York,United States |
| Coordinates | 40°46′14″N73°58′05″W / 40.77056°N 73.96806°W /40.77056; -73.96806 |
| Current tenants | 162 unites |
| Completed | 1948 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 21[1] |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Emery Roth |
| Developer | Harold Uris,Percy Uris |
880 Fifth Avenue is a luxury apartment building onFifth Avenue at the northeast corner of 69th Street inNew York City. TheArt-Deco-styled building has 21 floors and features 162 residential units.[2] 880 Fifth Avenue is also one of the few Fifth Avenue buildings to have a garage.[3]
It was the final building by architectEmery Roth. The developers wereHarold Uris andPercy Uris. Built in 1948,[4] the design for the building was commissioned during the war as the Uris brothers anticipated the war's end and the lifting of the wartime restrictions on non war-related construction.[5] *80 is "stylistically related" to Roth's875 Fifth Avenue, on the other side of69th Street his buildingThe Normandy at 140 Riverside Drive, all in the fashionableart moderne, orArt Deco style.[4] 880 was built on the site of home ofEdward H. Harriman, designed by theHerter Brothers in 1881, and theAdolph E. Lewisohn house, designed byC. W. Clinton in 1882.[4]
The limestone facade is mildly Art Deco with classical touches. It is topped by a modest pair of towers, but overall the building is dignified, rather than exciting, designed to sell at a profit to an upscale clientele and to fit in among the classical buildings, including the adjacentFrick Museum.[4]
In 1981,The New York Times remarked of the residential buildings constructed by the Uris brothers, "930 Fifth Avenue, 2 Sutton Place, and 880 Fifth Avenue, are among the city's best residential addresses today."[6]
Notable residents have included Broadway songwriterMitch Leigh,[7] Alexander Steinberg, and entrepreneur and philanthropistJohn D. Hertz.[8]