Madison Square North Historic District, Borough of Manhattan
Subtitle: designation report
By: report prepared and essay written by Matthew A. Postal ; building entries researched and written by Donald G. Presa ; architects' appendix by Virginia Kurshan ; photographs by Carl Forster ; research assistance by Patricia Connally and Alison Gould.
Contributors: Postal, Matthew A.; Presa, Donald G.; Kurshan, Virginia.; Forster, Carl.; Connolly, Pat.; Gould, Alison.
Publisher: The Commission
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
Subjects: Architecture -- Conservation and restoration -- New York (State) -- New York.; Madison Square North Historic District (New York, N.Y.); New York (N.Y.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Other titles: Madison Square North Historic District designation report
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-188).
"June 26, 2001."--Cover.
"Located to the north and west of Madison Square Park, along Fifth Avenue and Broadway."--P. 2.
"Historic District consists of approximately 96 buildings representing a period in New York City's commercial history from 1870s to the 1930s, when this section prospered, first as a major entertainment district of hotels, clubs, stores and apartment buildings, and then as a mercantile district of high-rise office and loft structures...(t)he district also contains numerous rowhouses, Art Deco-style towers, as well as modest 20th century commercial structures."--P. 2