New York 'City's architecture from the 18th century to the present is as culturally diverse as the generations that have called it home. Each architectural component is manifest in limitless variety and the history of the world's most eclectic city unfolds in these details. In particular, the avenues that surround Central Park have taken on their own personality and are home to some of New York's most prized real estate.

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New York 'City's architecture from the 18th century to the present is as culturally diverse as the generations that have called it home. Each architectural component is manifest in limitless variety and the history of the world's most eclectic city unfolds in these details. In particular, the avenues that surround Central Park have taken on their own personality and are home to some of New York's most prized real estate.

Window on the Pork is a compendium of the most architecturally distinguished buildings that line Central Park and comprise New York's most expensive addresses. Author D Fitzgerald shares her rare access into some of the most luxurious urban residences in the world, revealing life behind the towering facades.

A coffee-table book for anyone who appreciates New York City's finest architecture, it contains a wealth of information for those who may wish to dwell there and those of us who can only daydream. Also containing the histories of some of the most famous and interesting New Yorkers who have lived or live there now, Window on the Park offers a sumptuous journey into some of New York City's most luxurious and spectacular apartment buildings.

FIFTH AVENUE

781 Fifth Avenue, Sherry Netherland

795 Fifth Avenue, The Pierre

820 Fifth Avenue

825 Fifth Avenue

828 Fifth Avenue and 2 East 64th Street

834 Fifth Avenue

838 Fifth Avenue

845 Fifth Avenue and 4 East 64th Street

The Frick

907 Fifth Avenue

927 Fifth Avenue

944 Fifth Avenue

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

995 Fifth Avenue, The Stanhope

998 Fifth Avenue

1009 Fifth Avenue, The Duke-Seamans Mansion

1020 Fifth Avenue

1030 Fifth Avenue

1060 Fifth Avenue and 1 East 87th Street

2 East 88th Street

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum

1107 Fifth Avenue

The Jewish Museum

1120 Fifth Avenue

1125 Fifth Avenue

1158 Fifth Avenue

Central Park

CENTRAL  PARK  SOUTH

1 Central Park South, The Plaza Condominiums

110 Central Park South

128 Central Park South

160 Central Park South, Essex House

222 Central Park South, The Gainsborough

25 & 80 Columbus Circle, Time Warner

CENTRAL PARK WEST

1 Central Park West, Trump International Hotel & Tower

15 Central Park West

41 Central Park West and 1 West 64th Street, Harperley Hall

50 Central Park West, The Prasada

88 Central Park West

101 Central Park West

115 Central Park West, The Majestic

1 West 72nd Street, The Dakota

151 Central Park West, The Kenilworth

The New-York Historical Society

American Museum of Natural History

211 Central Park West, The Beresford

225 Central Park West, The Alden

271 Central Park West

285 Central Park West, The St. Urban

300 Central Park West, The Eldorado

333 Central Park West, The Turin

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