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between East 63rd and East 64th Streets in the

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. It was built by the Paterno Brothers.

Design

The 23-floor building was erected in 1926-1927 as a cooperative with 77 apartments, but today it has only 64 units. Developer Joseph Paterno initially opted to list the building as an apartment-hotel so as to legally build 23 stories as opposed to only 15 stories restricted for apartment houses. The building has a notable red-tiled steep-pitched roof, making it visible from a long distance. When it was built, ''The Real Estate Record & Guide'' praised the $1 million building's "unusually striking upper-floor effect."

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* {{Upper East Side Apartment buildings in New York City Residential buildings in Manhattan Condominiums and housing cooperatives in Manhattan Fifth Avenue Upper East Side Residential buildings completed in 1927 1927 establishments in New York City 1920s architecture in the United States