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| 927 Fifth Avenue | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Condominium |
| Architectural style | Renaissance Revival |
| Location | 927 Fifth Avenue,Manhattan, New York, United States |
| Coordinates | 40°46′25″N73°57′58″W / 40.7735°N 73.9660°W /40.7735; -73.9660 |
| Current tenants | approx. 12–24 tenants |
| Construction started | 1917 |
| Completed | 1917 |
| Height | 132.91 feet (40.51 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Structural system | Skyscraper |
| Floor count | 12(12 apartments) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architecture firm | Warren & Wetmore |
927 Fifth Avenue is an upscale residentialapartment building inManhattan,New York City, United States. It is located onFifth Avenue at the corner ofEast 74th Street opposite theConservatory Water inCentral Park. Thelimestone-clad building was designed byWarren & Wetmore, also known for designingGrand Central Terminal, and completed in 1917 in theRenaissance Revival style.
The building is incorporated as ahousing cooperative. It has 12 apartments on 12 floors. Former residents includePaula Zahn andMary Tyler Moore who moved out in 2005.
The co-op became well-known whenPale Male, ared-tailed hawk that nests on ornamental stonework above a 12th-floor window, was featured in an episode of thePBS seriesNature. It later gained international notoriety when the board of the cooperative decided to evict the hawks in December 2004. Protests and widespread negative news coverage led to the restoration of the nest three weeks later.[1]