300 East 57th Street, Residential tower in Midtown East, Manhattan, United States.
300 East 57th Street is a 19-story residential tower at the corner of Second Avenue and 57th Street in Midtown East, Manhattan. It contains 161 apartments and offers residents round-the-clock concierge and doorman service.
The building was designed by Emery Roth & Sons and completed in 1947 as one of Manhattan's early postwar luxury residential towers. The following year, a gas explosion inside the building killed theater producer Max Jelin.
The building was once home to writer J.D. Salinger before he moved to New Hampshire, as well as performers Liza Minnelli and Peter Allen. Walking past it today, you are passing a place that quietly connects Manhattan's literary and theater worlds.
The building is a short walk from the Lexington Avenue/59th Street subway station, making it easy to reach by public transit. The surrounding streets are busy through most of the day, so a morning visit offers the calmest conditions for exploring the area on foot.
Although Emery Roth & Sons designed dozens of buildings across Manhattan, this one stands out because it experienced a fatal accident and became home to a notable literary figure within just a few years of opening. Few residential towers in the city carry that kind of layered early story.
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