930 Park Avenue: Review and Ratings

Review of 930 Park Avenue by Carter Horsley

This attractive, Italian Renaissance-palazzo-style apartment building at 930 Park Avenue on the southwest corner at 81^st Street was erected in 1916.

An April 22, 1923 article in The New York Times indicated that a co-operative syndicate purchased the building and that some apartments will be rented. The building was fully converted to a cooperative in 1946.

The 13-story building was designed by Schwartz & Gross, whose other buildings on the avenue include 470, 525, 885, 888, 910, 911, 941, 970, 983, 1045, 1070, 1125 and 1165.

It has 24 apartments.

Bottom Line

A very attractive, pre-war apartment building with a nicely detailed façade and good layouts.

Description

The building has a very nicely masonry façade with a two-story entrance surround and a broad bandcourse above the third story supported by three-story pilasters.  The fourth story has decorative window surrounds around its small windows beneath a string course and the fifth through the tenth floors have three thin incised masonry pilasters topped by a stringcourse.  The 11^th floor is treated like the 4^th floor and above is a balustrade masonry bandcourse.

The building is surmounted by a large, green cornice and has consistent fenestration and a canopied entrance with sidewalk landscaping.

Amenities

The building has a doorman, an elevator operator, a gym, a playroom, a laundry and storage facilities. It is pet friendly.

Apartments

Apartment 7N is a three-bedroom unit that has an 11-foot-long entry foyer that leads to a 16-foot-long gallery that opens onto a 26-foot-long living room with fireplace that leads to a 19-foot-long dining room next to a butler’s pantry adjacent to the 21-foot-wide kitchen. The apartment also has a 19-foot-long library and two maid’s rooms.

Apartment 2N is a three-bedroom unit with an entry foyer that leads to a 16-foot-wide gallery that opens onto a 43-foot-wide living room with a wood-burning fireplace that  leads to a 18-foot-long dining room with a wet bar next to a 21-foot-wide eat-in kitchen.

Another  three-bedroom unit has a large vestibule that leads to  a small main entrance and a 16-foot-long foyer that opens onto a 25-foot-long living room with a fireplace and a 19-foot-long dining room next to a 26-foot-long kitchen.  The apartment has a 12-foot-long maid’s room.

History

An October 7, 1931 article in The New York Times indicated that Juan T. Trippe, president of Pan-American Airways, had leased a nine-room apartment in the building.

Location

The building is not far from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and many boutiques and art galleries along Madison.

Cross-town buses run on 79th Street and one of the city s best schools, PS 6, is nearby in this very desirable neighborhood.