930 Fifth Avenue: Review and Ratings

Review of 930 Fifth Avenue by Carter Horsley

This handsome, 19-story apartment building at 930 Fifth Avenue on the northeast corner at 74^th Street was erected in 1940 by Harold and Percy Uris and designed by Emery Roth. This classical-style apartment house has Italian Renaissance motifs and a superior location facing the model boat pond in Central Park. It has 138 co-operative apartments and replaced mansions owned by the Chapin, Rentschler and Schiff families. This is quite formal compared to some of Roth's other designs, but its fine proportions, beautiful detailing, and superior location make up for any lack of exuberance. Features include Greek volutes, bracketed loggia, balustrades, pilasters, broken pediments, and cherubs' faces. 

Bottom Line

This elegant building has a prime Fifth Avenue location, an elevator operator, doorman and concierge and architecture and spacious layouts by Emery Roth as well as some fireplaces.

Description

The beige-brick building has a one-story rusticated limestone base and the second and third floors have limestone façades.

The building has a few setbacks near its top which is surmounted by a fine, tall, watertank enclosure.

The building has an entrance marquee on the sidestreet over an indented curved entrance.  It has nice sidewalk landscaping and permits window air-conditioners.

Amenities

The building has a doorman, a concierge and an elevator operator, a fitness center, a bicycle room, storage and a laundry.

Apartments

Several of the apartments have balconies and terraces.

Apartment 18H is a one-bedroom unit with a 19-foot-long entrance gallery that leads to a 21-foot-wide living room with a fireplace, a 9-foot-wide dining room, a 7-foot-wide office and a 13-foot-wide, windowed kitchen.

Apartment 15C is a two-bedroom unit with a 10-foot-long entrance foyer that leads to a 23-foot-long living room and a windowed 14-foot-long eat-in kitchen.

Apartment 5F is a two-bedroom unit with a 15-foot-long dining foyer that leads to a 24-foot-long living room with a fireplace and a 14-foot-long enclosed and windowed kitchen.

Apartment 4A is a two-bedroom unit with a 10-foot-long entry foyer that leads to a 25-foot-long living room across from a 17-foot-long, windowed dining room next to an enclosed and windowed 11-foot-wide kitchen and a 12-foot-wide windowed maid’s room.

Apartment 11E is a three-bedroom unit with a 14-foot-long entrance gallery that leads in one direction to a 25-foot-long living room and in the other to an 11-foot-long dining room and an enclosed 11-foot-long kitchen.

Apartment 3B is a one-bedroom unit with a 10-foot-long entry foyer that leads to a 25-foot-long living room with a fireplace, a 14-foot-long library and a 14-foot-long eat-in kitchen.