Architectural Histories

The history of New York City’s architecture has always been of special interest for Deanna. Over the years she has researched and written and/or commissioned architectural histories for hundreds of apartment buildings and has enjoyed sharing these histories with those who reside in these buildings. If you would like a copy of any one of the following architectural histories, please contact Deanna at 212-937-7011 or by using our online contact form.

The Sherry Netherland Hotel, perched gracefully at the corner of 59th Street and Fifth Avenue, is a potent reminder of the opulence of 1920s New York. The building, erected between 1926 and 1927 to elegantly overlook Central Park, was one of the first luxury highrises and became the center stage for wealthy urban life during the first half of the twentieth century. View Architectural History

333 Central Park West (the Turin) was designed by Albert Joseph Bodker and constructed from 1909-1910. While Bodker is not generally known as a designer of apartment buildings, he is also responsible for the design of 40 East 62nd Street, an 8-story midblock apartment building, completed at the same time as the Turin. Whereas the Turin is designed in a new-Renaissance style, the East 62nd Street property is in a Medieval style, with multipaned bay windows, ornate brickwork and terra cotta ornament. View Architectural History