Harridge House Apartments (New York City, New York)

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207-foot, 22-story early-modern cooperative-apartment building completed in 1963. Designed by Pomerance & Breines, it consists of two separate buildings, a larger one on 57th Street, and a smaller 15-story building on 58th, with a garden courtyard in between. The south building is clad in variegated brick in mottled shades of light grey and brown, while the north building is white brick.

At the south building, the main entrance is at the center, where the ground floor is clad in grey stone, spanning four bays (these four bays project out from the rest of the south facade). The middle two bays have recessed glass doors, while the other two bays have recessed metal service doors. A grey metal canopy covers the two middle bays and extends out over the sidewalk. The floors above the ground floor have double-windows in all four of these center bays, with dark-grey metal framing. To the west there are four bays (with triple-windows, single-windows, double-windows, and triple-windows), and the ground floor has a modern plate-glass storefront, topped by a bland metal sign band with rounded upper and lower edges. The western end bay also projects forward to align with the neighboring tower, and has double-windows (with a service door at the ground floor). To the east of the center section are five recessed bays (with triple-windows, two single-windows, and two double-windows) above a ground-floor storefront. The projecting eastern end bay has double-windows and a small plate-glass storefront at the ground floor. The window frames on all of the upper floors slightly project, and there are small, narrow slit vents below each bay.

All the bays set back above the 15th floor, except for the end bays, which terminate above the 17th. Metal railings surround the terraces created by the setbacks. Additional setbacks occur above the 17th, 19th, & 20th floors. There are fewer window bays on the uppermost floors, mostly with triple-windows. Rooftop mechanical equipment and a water tower are hidden by a large brick enclosure.

The north-facing, rear elevation of the south building spans 15 total bays, with the east end bay projecting. The bays are a mix of triple-, double-, and single-windows. There are very narrow, full-floor setbacks above the 17th, 19th, & 21st floors.

The north building on 58th Street is six bays wide and clad in white brick. The ground floor has various storefronts set just below sidewalk level. The west end has a metal service door, and the east end has another service door and an entrance to the underground parking garage. The 2nd & 3rd bays from the west both have double-windows in black metal frames. The two bays to the east are slightly recessed, and the end bays are further recessed. The 2nd & 3rd bays from the east have quadruple- and double-windows respectively, and the end bays both have double-windows. These window bays all also have small slit vents. The end bays terminate at the 12th floor, and the top floor is set-back, with a metal railing.

The complex was converted to a cooperative in 1984, with 260 apartments (124 in the south building, and 136 in the north building). The north building contains smaller apartments, with studios and 1-bedrooms, while the south building features larger apartments. The ground floor on the south building is occupied by Campaniello furniture, and NYASC Allergy & Sinus Center, while the ground floor on the north building is occupied by Just Bulbs light bulb store.