927 Fifth Avenue

927 Fifth Avenue
927 Fifth Avenue
General information
Type	Condominium
Architectural style	Renaissance Revival
Address	927 Fifth Avenue
Town or city	Manhattan, New York
Country	United States
Coordinates	40°46′25″N 73°57′58″W / 40.7735°N 73.9660°W
Current tenants	approx. 12–24 tenants
Construction started	1917
Completed	1917
Height	132.91 feet (40.51 m)
Technical details
Structural system	Skyscraper
Floor count	12 (12 apartments)
Design and construction
Architecture firm	Warren & Wetmore

927 Fifth Avenue is an upscale residential apartment building in Manhattan, New York City, United States. It is located on Fifth Avenue at the corner of East 74th Street opposite the Conservatory Water in Central Park. The limestone-clad building was designed by Warren & Wetmore, also known for designing Grand Central Terminal, and completed in 1917 in the Renaissance Revival style.

The building is incorporated as a housing cooperative. It has 12 apartments on 12 floors. Former residents include Paula Zahn and Mary Tyler Moore who moved out in 2005.

The co-op became well-known when Pale Male, a red-tailed hawk that nests on ornamental stonework above a 12th-floor window, was featured in an episode of the PBS series Nature. It later gained international notoriety when the board of the cooperative decided to evict the hawks in December 2004. Protests and widespread negative news coverage led to the restoration of the nest three weeks later.^[1]

References

^ Lueck, Thomas J. (April 1, 2008). "Reprise: The Fifth Avenue Ballad of Pale Male and Lola". The New York Times. Retrieved January 31, 2020.

External links

Photos and Pale Male story at New York Architecture Images
927 Fifth Avenue Archived August 15, 2017, at the Wayback Machine at the Upper East Side Book
927 Fifth Avenue at CityRealty

[1] Lueck, Thomas J. (April 1, 2008). "Reprise: The Fifth Avenue Ballad of Pale Male and Lola". The New York Times. Retrieved January 31, 2020.

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