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About 31 East 72nd Street
This very handsome, 14-story building was erected in 1916 and converted to a cooperative in 1958. It has 35 apartments.
The building has a limestone facade that is distinguished by large quoins. The northwest comer of the building on the avenue is a bit unusual because it has double quoins.
The doorman building has a canopied entrance and a frieze across the top of its roofline. It permits protruding air-conditioners and one of its retail tenants, William Graham Arader III, has a "baby" canopy adjacent to the entrance on 72nd Street. The building has inconsistent fenestration, no balconies and no sidewalk landscaping.
It is close to a major entrance to Central Park and not far from several major museums and art galleries. Cross-town bus service is convenient as are many boutiques and restaurants in this prime area, which is not, however, not close to a subway station.
Carter B. Horsley
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