425 Fifth Avenue is a residential skyscraper at 38th Street and Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan,

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. It was developed by RFR Davis and designed by

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. It has 55 floors and 197 units. The building uses

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from two small adjoining buildings and a zoning bonus for providing a public plaza to maximize its floor area. , it is the 96th-tallest building in New York City. The building's site was originally home to a 5-story structure known as the Siebrecht Building which was home to

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. Construction started in late 1999. The original architect of the project was

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, who was replaced by Michael Graves in 2001. The building topped-out in April 2002, and was opened that September.

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