740 Park Avenue

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740 Park Avenue is considered the best apartment building on Park Avenue in Manhattan^{[citation needed]}, and is possibly the best address in Manhattan^{[citation needed]}, although it is on Park Avenue and not the more generally preferred Fifth Avenue^{[citation needed]}. 720 Park Avenue would be considered its closest rival on Park Avenue. The last apartment sold, previously belongng to John D.Rockefeller, Jr. brought a price of 27.5 Million dollars.^{[citation needed]}

The apartment house has 31 units.^{[citation needed]} The building is made of limestone which is considered more upscale than brick.^{[citation needed]} It has the highest ceilings and widest hallways on Park.^{[citation needed]} The building was built in 1929 by the best architect of the time^{[citation needed]} Rosario Candela^{[citation needed]} and Arthur Loomis Harmon,^{[citation needed]} the design partner of Shreve, Lamb & Harmon.

Life in the building is amusingly described in New York Social Diary's^[1]

[edit] Famous residents

Jackie Kennedy Lived in the building as a child, her father Jack Bouvier was involved in the Construction of 740 Park Avenue.
Doris Duke
John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
David Koch, the richest man in the building (in 2005).

[edit] References

Gross, Michael. "740 Park: The Story of the World's Richest Apartment Building" Broadway Books, 2005
One Building as Microcosm of Life on a Silver Platter by Janet Maslin in the New York Times (detailed review of book by Gross)
Where the Boldfaced Bunk by Michael Gross, The New York Times, March 11, 2004]
Das geheime Museum der Superreichen: Welche Picassos, Cézannes, Klees, van Goghs, Giottos und Tintorettos in den Luxuswohnungen von 740 Park Avenue in New York hängen Monopol, Feb 2007 (not seen, referred to on Gross's book web site))
Curbed Q&A: Michael Gross on 740 Park's $27m Penthouse (interview, Jan. 2006) "With duplex penthouse 17D at legendary apartment building 740 Park Avenue hitting the market priced at $27.5 million, "
The Upper East Side Book By Carter B. Horsley (gives references to articles about Candela's design for the building)
Streetscapes: 740 Park Avenue; Repairs for a '29 Luxury Co-op by Christopher Gray, The New York Times, October 21, 1990