![]() ![]() Museum of the City of New York, gift of GottschoĮlizabeth Arden’s penthouse at 834 Fifth Avenue included both gracious garden room Photo by Samuel Gottscho, 1933. The library, below, for the duplex owned by Jesse Isidor Straus (co-owner of Macy’s and American ambassador to France) at 720 Park was almost a thousand square feet alone with incredible architectural detailing. Courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York, gift of GottschoĬandela utilized many strategies for creating apartments comfortable enough for those formerly living in mansions. ![]() Complex floor plans yielded grand proportions (a dining room at 960 Fifth Avenue below) elegant enfilades, wider windows, thicker walls (where pipes and beams could be concealed) and many other amenities that made his buildings – then and now – some of the most covetable addresses in New York City. A name often forgotten in the annals of general architectural knowledge, Candela was a master of not only apartment house architecture, with his signature stepped back terraces, as seen in 770 and 778 Park Avenue below (the domed and columned pavilion hides the water tower), Photo by Rob Stephenson, 2018, courtesy of the photographerīut of the planning of apartments. In a jewel of a new exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York, curated by Donald Albrecht and designed by architect Peter Pennoyer, the genius of Rosario Candela is revealed. ![]() Photo by Michel Arnaud, 2016, courtesy of the photographer His now legendary first building at this east side enclave, One Sutton Place, below, for example, includes a generous porte cochère and understated articulation and ornamentation, including the elegant address. In the stylish interwar era, Candela played a major role in transforming the skyline and key neighborhoods of NYC such as Park and Fifth Avenues as well as Sutton Place. In early 20th century New York City, as many affluent residents were gradually abandoning their mansions and townhouses for apartments, few created the allure of luxury high rise living as did architect Rosario Candela. ![]()
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