570 Park Avenue: Review and Ratings

Review of 570 Park Avenue by Carter Horsley

This attractive, 13-story apartment building at 570 Park Avenue on the southwest corner at 63^rd Street just to the north of the handsome Colony Club was erected in 1916.

It was developed by Bing & Bing and designed by Emery Roth.

It was converted to a co-operative in 1923 and has 52 co-operative apartments.

Bottom Line

An impressive pre-war apartment building in a prime Park Avenue location with fireplaces.

Description

The building is a bit too chunky to be described as delicate, but the various courses and rounded pediments definitely enliven the façades. The north and east façades are almost symmetrical and the entrance is on the side-street.

"Roth's styling for 570 Park Avenue was a delicate and refined classicism unlike anything else he had produced previously. Its white-marble base set a luxurious tone that was carried all the way up its high façades with exquisitely molded white terra-cotta ornament. Juxtaposed to those graceful ornamental elements was richly textured and patterned red brick," wrote Steven Ruttenbaum in his book, "Mansions In The Clouds, The Skyscraper Palazzi of Emery Roth," (Balsam Press, Inc., 1986).

The fifth floor has rectangular decorative elements between the windows a treatment that surprisingly was not repeated at the top floor where it would make up for the rather small cornice.

It has a large and attractive if conventional lobby.

The building has a few stringcourses.

Amenities

The building has a side-street, canopied entrance with a doorman and a concierge and there is a gym and private storage in the basement.

It has no garage and no sundeck.

Apartments

Every unit has at least one wood-burning fireplace.

Apartment 4D is a two-bedroom unit that has a 9-foot-wide entry foyer that leads to an 18-foot-wide living room with a wood-burning fireplace that opens onto a 15-foot-wide dining room that leads to a 10-foot-long pantry and a 13-foot-wide kitchen.  The unit also has an 8-foot-wide maid’s room.

Apartment 11C is a four-bedroom unit that has a 10-foot-long entry foyer that leads to a 22-foot-long living room with a fireplace and a 19-foot-long dining room and a 22-foot-long kitchen and a 15-foot-long breakfast room.

Apartment 1B is a three-bedroom unit with a 10-foot-wide entry foyer that leads to a 23-foot-long living room with a fireplace that opens onto a 17-foot-long dining room next to a 23-foot-long kitchen and an 11-foot-long staff room.

Apartment 7D is a two-bedroom unit that has a 9-foot-long entry foyer that leads to a 19-foot-long living room with a fireplace that opens onto a 14-foot-long dining room near a 13-foot-long kitchen, a 10-foot-long laundry and a 9-foot-long maid’s room.

History

The building replaced 8 rowhouses.

One of its past residents was Willa Cather, the writer.