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who is widely considered to have been America's greatest designer of luxury apartment buildings. It was built in 1931 and is one of the most coveted buildings in
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The building's ground floor maisonette, which also boasts its own private, and symmetrical, address – 73
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hotel, but the location was probably changed to avoid public attention.
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The building has been mentioned in James Trager's literary book titled
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on December 15, 1933, at her mother's home in the very exclusive
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Residential cooperative apartment building in Manhattan, New York
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Life at the Top: New York's Exceptional Apartment Buildings
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(March 18, 2010). 175:Upper East Side Historic District 651:Plitt, Amy (January 18, 2018). 596:Barbanel, Josh (May 18, 2008). 515:Khan, Bilal (October 8, 2011). 269:in the ground floor maisonette. 131: 630:Kelly, Kate (August 9, 1999). 195:Friends of the Upper East Side 50:Cooperative apartment building 1: 439:Park Avenue: Street of Dreams 289:Lawrence Herbert (founder of 232:Park Avenue, Street of Dreams 483:"At Once Intimate and Grand" 481:Finn, Robin (June 7, 2013). 177:on the north east corner of 598:"Celebrating an Aristocrat" 806: 210:(née Balfe) married actor 407:. Summer 2014. p. 5. 28: 154:Design and construction 696:The Real Deal New York 263:William F. Buckley Jr. 763:The New York Observer 744:The New York Observer 724:The New York Observer 637:The New York Observer 547:The New York Observer 420:"A Liberal Price Cut" 312:James D. 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Index

Cooperative apartment building
Park Avenue
Manhattan
New York City
New York
United States
Coordinates
40°46′19″N 73°57′49″W / 40.7720°N 73.9635°W / 40.7720; -73.9635
Rosario Candela
Upper East Side Historic District
73rd Street
Park Avenue
Rosario Candela
New York City
Friends of the Upper East Side
East 73rd Street
Veronica Cooper
Gary Cooper
coop
Waldorf Astoria
Roone Arledge
Brooke Astor
Armand Phillip Bartos
William F. Buckley Jr.
Patricia Buckley
Claudia Cohen
Gary Cooper
Veronica Cooper
Pantone
John B. Hess

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