Stuyvesant-Schuyler Building (New York City, New York)
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New York City, New York /
Fifth Avenue, 100-102
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16-story Beaux-Arts office building with a 272-foot, 19-story addition. The original Stuyvesant building was completed in 1907, and designed by Albert S. Gottlieb. It is clad in Indiana limestone, buff-colored brick and terra-cotta.
In 1910, the addition (called the Schuyler Building) at 102 Fifth Avenue was begun, and finished in 1912. Although very similar in design to the Stuyvesant Building, it was initially designed and supervised by John Woolley. Woolley resigned from the project "owing to unlawful changes being made in the plans" by the owner. Woolley was succeeded by Charles Hess who supervised construction for six months when he too resigned. Gottlieb, who by appearances would have seemed to be the designer of the building, only came on a few months before the building was completed.
The Stuyvesant Building, the southern part, has a facade organized in a tripartite vertical composition with a 2-story base surmounted by a transitional story, an 8-story midsection, and a 4-story top. The limestone base on Fifth Avenue takes the form of a giant pier order with superimposed pilasters unifying the ground story. The piers are rusticated with overscaled blocks and support an entablature which also forms a series of flat arches above the 2nd-story windows. Overscaled keystones link the window openings to the cornice. The superimposed ground-story pilasters encompass formal building entries on either side of a central display window and support an entablature. The entablature has a fluted frieze and there are overscaled stylized triglyphs with floral pendants superimposed on the frieze above the pilasters that can simultaneously be read as cornice brackets. The 2nd-story window bays contain double casements, each with a central iron column and a keystone that doubles as a cornice bracket. The transitional story contains three bays of paired double-hung windows. This section is terminated by an entablature with overscaled, stylized triglyphs which provide a rhythmic counterpoint to the 2nd-story keystone brackets below.
The midsection is in three parts of one floor, six floors, and one floor. Above three bays of paired windows in the lower 1-story section, the 6-story section contains tiers of similarly spaced windows set in a brick wall. This section is framed at the bottom by a plain projecting sill course with block modillions under the windows. This section is closed by an identical sill course below the windows of the top section. An entablature with a fretwork frieze and superimposed, overscale, stylized triglyphs terminates the midsection.
The top of the facade is in two sections of three and one story. The lower section contains three tiers of three bays of paired windows set in a brick wall. The upper two stories of the central bay are recessed above a denticulated lintel. These consist of two tiers of three windows separated by a spandrel. This section terminates in an entablature with overscaled stylized triglyphs above the piers, again visually doubling as cornice brackets. The upper section contains three bays of paired windows set in a brick wall. The cornice has been removed, but its dentil course survives, together with overscaled pendant swags hanging down the major piers.
The West 15th Street facade is a 7-bay version of the 3-bay Fifth Avenue facade with the following differences: the end bays are separately treated as formal entrances and the interior bays contain iron display windows. There is a freight entrance in the western bay. The west elevation is clad in red brick with a handful of windows.
The Schuyler Building, the northern part, is based on the neighboring Stuyvesant Building with a tripartite vertical composition interpolating an additional tier. The ornament, derived from Renaissance and Viennese Secessionist sources, is characterized by juxtapositions of scale and stylized forms.
The Fifth Avenue facade is identical in composition to the Stuyvesant Building except for the interpolation of a 3-story tier between the lower and crowning sections of the top. The top section of the facade is organized into two 3-story tiers and a 1-story crowning section. The first tier has six bays with those at the upper two stories recessed with scored spandrel panels and grouped in pairs with denticulated lintels. The 6-bay second tier is divided vertically by spandrel panels with a central cartouche and flanking swags. This tier terminates with an overscaled molding that doubles as an entablature. The six windows in the crowning story are flanked by piers with cartouches.
Both buildings had a mixture of lofts on the lower stories and offices on the upper stories. Tenants have included manufacturers of hosiery, neckwear, laces and Swiss textiles. Today most tenants are advertising agencies, public relations, and accounting firms. The ground floor is occupied by Fifth Avenue Veterinary Specialists, Eddie Bauer, and Intimacy lingerie. Its lobby was redesigned by TPG Architecture.
digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dc-9a54-a3d9-e0...
archive.org/details/brickbuilder1914roge/page/179/mode/...
bendheim.com/project/100-fifth-ave-lobby/
In 1910, the addition (called the Schuyler Building) at 102 Fifth Avenue was begun, and finished in 1912. Although very similar in design to the Stuyvesant Building, it was initially designed and supervised by John Woolley. Woolley resigned from the project "owing to unlawful changes being made in the plans" by the owner. Woolley was succeeded by Charles Hess who supervised construction for six months when he too resigned. Gottlieb, who by appearances would have seemed to be the designer of the building, only came on a few months before the building was completed.
The Stuyvesant Building, the southern part, has a facade organized in a tripartite vertical composition with a 2-story base surmounted by a transitional story, an 8-story midsection, and a 4-story top. The limestone base on Fifth Avenue takes the form of a giant pier order with superimposed pilasters unifying the ground story. The piers are rusticated with overscaled blocks and support an entablature which also forms a series of flat arches above the 2nd-story windows. Overscaled keystones link the window openings to the cornice. The superimposed ground-story pilasters encompass formal building entries on either side of a central display window and support an entablature. The entablature has a fluted frieze and there are overscaled stylized triglyphs with floral pendants superimposed on the frieze above the pilasters that can simultaneously be read as cornice brackets. The 2nd-story window bays contain double casements, each with a central iron column and a keystone that doubles as a cornice bracket. The transitional story contains three bays of paired double-hung windows. This section is terminated by an entablature with overscaled, stylized triglyphs which provide a rhythmic counterpoint to the 2nd-story keystone brackets below.
The midsection is in three parts of one floor, six floors, and one floor. Above three bays of paired windows in the lower 1-story section, the 6-story section contains tiers of similarly spaced windows set in a brick wall. This section is framed at the bottom by a plain projecting sill course with block modillions under the windows. This section is closed by an identical sill course below the windows of the top section. An entablature with a fretwork frieze and superimposed, overscale, stylized triglyphs terminates the midsection.
The top of the facade is in two sections of three and one story. The lower section contains three tiers of three bays of paired windows set in a brick wall. The upper two stories of the central bay are recessed above a denticulated lintel. These consist of two tiers of three windows separated by a spandrel. This section terminates in an entablature with overscaled stylized triglyphs above the piers, again visually doubling as cornice brackets. The upper section contains three bays of paired windows set in a brick wall. The cornice has been removed, but its dentil course survives, together with overscaled pendant swags hanging down the major piers.
The West 15th Street facade is a 7-bay version of the 3-bay Fifth Avenue facade with the following differences: the end bays are separately treated as formal entrances and the interior bays contain iron display windows. There is a freight entrance in the western bay. The west elevation is clad in red brick with a handful of windows.
The Schuyler Building, the northern part, is based on the neighboring Stuyvesant Building with a tripartite vertical composition interpolating an additional tier. The ornament, derived from Renaissance and Viennese Secessionist sources, is characterized by juxtapositions of scale and stylized forms.
The Fifth Avenue facade is identical in composition to the Stuyvesant Building except for the interpolation of a 3-story tier between the lower and crowning sections of the top. The top section of the facade is organized into two 3-story tiers and a 1-story crowning section. The first tier has six bays with those at the upper two stories recessed with scored spandrel panels and grouped in pairs with denticulated lintels. The 6-bay second tier is divided vertically by spandrel panels with a central cartouche and flanking swags. This tier terminates with an overscaled molding that doubles as an entablature. The six windows in the crowning story are flanked by piers with cartouches.
Both buildings had a mixture of lofts on the lower stories and offices on the upper stories. Tenants have included manufacturers of hosiery, neckwear, laces and Swiss textiles. Today most tenants are advertising agencies, public relations, and accounting firms. The ground floor is occupied by Fifth Avenue Veterinary Specialists, Eddie Bauer, and Intimacy lingerie. Its lobby was redesigned by TPG Architecture.
digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dc-9a54-a3d9-e0...
archive.org/details/brickbuilder1914roge/page/179/mode/...
bendheim.com/project/100-fifth-ave-lobby/
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Coordinates: 40°44'13"N 73°59'36"W
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