730 Park Avenue, Residential building in Upper East Side Historic District, United States
730 Park Avenue is a nineteen-story cooperative apartment building in Lenox Hill on Manhattan's Upper East Side, completed in 1929 to designs by Lafayette A. Goldstone with F. Burrall Hoffman, Jr. It rises 225 feet and holds 38 apartments.
Completed in 1929, the 19-story building was designed by Lafayette A. Goldstone with F. Burrall Hoffman, Jr. It was built as a cooperative with 38 apartments. Its residents have included publishing executive Samuel Irving Newhouse, Sr., philanthropist Edward Warburg, diplomat John Langeloth Loeb, Jr., Bloomingdale's co-founder Lyman G. Bloomingdale, and journalist Mike Wallace. Novelist Edna Ferber spent her final years there.
Among the residents were Samuel Irving Newhouse, Sr., founder of Advance Publications, and his wife Mitzi; philanthropist Edward Warburg; Lyman G. Bloomingdale, co-founder of Bloomingdale's; and journalist Mike Wallace of 60 Minutes. Novelist Edna Ferber spent her final years here, and John Langeloth Loeb, Jr., later U.S. Ambassador to Denmark, also lived in the building.
The building retains its original exterior while featuring modern interior upgrades and rooftop modifications approved in 2013. Note that this is a private residential building best viewed from the street or during neighborhood walks.
The 1929 building was the final home of novelist Edna Ferber, who wrote the novel Show Boat. Other residents included Lyman G. Bloomingdale, co-founder of Bloomingdale's, and Mike Wallace of 60 Minutes. The cooperative holds 38 apartments.
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