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Residential building in Manhattan, New York
1000 Park Avenue
is an apartment building on the
Upper East Side
of the
New York City
borough
of
Manhattan
. It is located at the northwest corner of the intersection of
Park Avenue
and East 84th Street. It was built in 1915?16 by the developers
Bing & Bing
from a design by
Emery Roth
. The brown brick structure is 13 stories tall with some
Gothic
-inspired stone and
terra cotta
decoration
. Two
carved
figures in medieval dress near the main entrance are said to represent the Bing brothers.
[3]
Across 84th Street is the
Church of St. Ignatius Loyola
.
The building is currently a
co-op
owned by its residents. There are 64 units.
[1]
[4]
Residents
[
edit
]
Among the former residents of the building are the British author
P. G. Wodehouse
,
[5]
James J. Rorimer
, former Director of the
Metropolitan Museum of Art
, and
Nicola Kraus
, co-author of the
2002
bestselling
chick lit
novel
The Nanny Diaries
. She vehemently denies that Mrs. X, the mother in the novel, set at a similar Park Avenue building with a fictitious address, is based partially on women she worked for at 1000 Park. Most often speculated as the model for the character is
Lisa Birnbach
, a part-time
CBS News
correspondent best known for editing
The Official Preppy Handbook
in 1980, who has some similarities to the character in the book. Birnbach confirmed that Kraus had worked for her, but described her as "more of a
play date
for my daughter" than an actual
nanny
.
[6]
Another resident of 1000 Park named as a possible model for Mrs. X did not return phone calls from
The New York Times
requesting comment. Kraus did not think it inappropriate to use her former neighbors as models for her characters, but current residents of building disagreed. One even referred to Kraus as a "
snitch
" and suggested the co-op board should forbid residents from fictionalizing their neighbors' lives.
[6]
References
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edit
]
- ^
a
b
"The Upper East Side Book: Park Avenue: 1000 Park Avenue"
.
Archived
from the original on 13 January 2010
. Retrieved
April 3,
2010
.
- ^
Trager, James (2004).
The New York Chronology
. New York:
HarperCollins
. p. 363.
- ^
Kugel, Seth (July 9, 2006).
"Taking a Peek at Prewar Classics"
.
The New York Times
. Retrieved
April 3,
2010
.
... two carved figures ruling over the limestone entrance of 1000 Park Avenue are said to represent the Bing brothers themselves
- ^
"Forbes 400 Exec Israel Englander Buys 1000 Park Avenue Co-op For $9.3M"
. co-opsales.com. March 20, 2010
. Retrieved
April 3,
2010
.
- ^
Hellman, Geoffrey T. (October 15, 1960).
"Plummie"
.
The New Yorker
. Retrieved
October 13,
2017
.
- ^
a
b
Kuczynski, Alex (March 10, 2002).
"
'Who, Moi?' Mummies Ask On Park Ave"
.
The New York Times
. Retrieved
April 3,
2010
.
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