# NEW YORK | 1299 Third Avenue - 201 East 74th St | 420 FT | 33 FLOORS **URL:** \ **Category:** Completed\ **Created:** [March 11, 2017, 12:44am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-1299-third-avenue-201-east-74th-st-420-ft-33-floors/3428 "2017-03-11T00:44:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2024, 11:07pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-1299-third-avenue-201-east-74th-st-420-ft-33-floors/3428/22 "2024-12-02T23:07:16Z")
> **[THE74's Terracotta Façade Progresses at 201 East 74th Street on Manhattan's...](https://newyorkyimby.com/2024/12/the74s-terracotta-facade-progresses-at-201-east-74th-street-on-manhattans-upper-east-side.html)** > > Façade installation is progressing on THE74, a 32-story, 42-unit project by Pelli Clarke & Partners at 201 East 74th Street in the Upper East Side. Photos by Michael Young ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/a/f/afc154a54410a5ff6dd35eb90818a157ad20026d.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/b/8/b80d2f5abef7e416b10778b3089e631f34139cf8.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/d/c/dcac5c8612a55aecd832521e18386f94fe33974c.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/6/f/6fce9f54e224dac02b888d748fa0a8c6d891e16d.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![YIMHudson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/yimhudson/32/2304_2.png) [@YIMHudson](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/YIMHudson)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 1:28am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-1299-third-avenue-201-east-74th-st-420-ft-33-floors/3428/23 "2024-12-03T01:28:29Z")
this would be amazing on its own if it had some room to breathe. ---
**Author:** ![stache](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/stache/32/30186_2.png) [@stache](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/stache)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2024, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-1299-third-avenue-201-east-74th-st-420-ft-33-floors/3428/24 "2024-12-03T16:10:16Z")
No breathing allowed in NYC! ---
**Author:** ![JC\_Heights](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/jc_heights/32/90668_2.png) [@JC\_Heights](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/JC_Heights)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2024, 9:42pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-1299-third-avenue-201-east-74th-st-420-ft-33-floors/3428/25 "2024-12-13T21:42:05Z")
![1000029913](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/a/b/ab3ccbf92905fdcae1ad6024ec126b67c91b4afc.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2025, 1:48am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-1299-third-avenue-201-east-74th-st-420-ft-33-floors/3428/26 "2025-03-11T01:48:21Z")
> **[THE 74's Cladding Continues Installation at 201 East 74th Street on...](https://newyorkyimby.com/2025/03/the-74s-cladding-continues-installation-at-201-east-74th-street-on-manhattans-upper-east-side.html)** > > Façade installation is continuing on Pelli Clarke & Partners and Elad Group's THE 74 at 201 East 74th Street on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Photos by Michael Young ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/6/2/62ad497b0a4698bb6b4d66002bca37126352897b.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/5/b/5b49b9ed369547c5a7161cd7756c8e195b5a0e0a.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/7/6/768fd91ac42d58fba4129192fe179bc09d699682.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/3/4/34eed5596d004529a895141a3534c369e220c179.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/b/1/b1cfd3e5a4a92ae1f03915e5c30e92e91d937915.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/b/4/b454a0d0c15906a58d08c341639abbd98bb6996c.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Nickfloyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/nickfloyo/32/173662_2.png) [@Nickfloyo](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Nickfloyo)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 10:52pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-1299-third-avenue-201-east-74th-st-420-ft-33-floors/3428/27 "2025-03-26T22:52:21Z")
![IMG_1597](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/e/6/e6c65feb7971be1ede3ff060928a146be2d20756.jpeg) ![IMG_1599](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/e/4/e4a9a03c0e437ff59d78b319f084fa43a972f4c7.jpeg) ![IMG_1602](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/1/d/1dd9991849e17b1e0dc864faa50bd374ab771a2e.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 2:34pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-1299-third-avenue-201-east-74th-st-420-ft-33-floors/3428/28 "2025-05-19T14:34:27Z")
> **[THE 74's Terracotta Façade Reaches its Crown at 201 East 74th Street on...](https://newyorkyimby.com/2025/05/the-74s-terracotta-facade-reaches-its-crown-at-201-east-74th-street-on-manhattans-upper-east-side.html)** > > Cladding has reached the top of THE 74, a 32-story, 41-unit project from Pelli Clarke & Pelli and Elad Group at 201 East 74th Street on the Upper East Side. Photos by Michael Young ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/9/4/947a24021bc204595d9f04945108f8aea195ea73.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/6/c/6c7b4ed309adf4f3f2272d6aac09d25d2bce8294.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![infoshare](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/infoshare/32/18825_2.png) [@infoshare](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/infoshare)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-1299-third-avenue-201-east-74th-st-420-ft-33-floors/3428/29 "2025-05-19T18:14:26Z")
**My favoite comment in the YIMBY feature article posted above. Well said Andrew…** Quote - Andrew | _“I really like this building. Its as traditional as and Robert Stern project without being historicist. Very modern, elegant and forward looking. A good model for how to build tall residential towers.”_ End Quote. I wonder if that is the famous Andrew Alpern who I have seen post here before… > **[Luxury Apartment Houses of Manhattan - An Illustrated History](https://www.architectura.nl/luxury-apartment-houses-of-manhattan-an-illustrated-history.html)** > > Mini-histories of some of New York's most luxurious lodgings: the stately Gramercy, the fashionably flamboyant Ansonia, the dramatic Hotel des Artistes, Joseph Pulitzer's palatial residence, magnificent Park Avenue apartments, and many others. 175... BTW - Maybe it was Andrew Dolkart - I have read the both extensively, but still get them confused. 🤔 Both Great books - > **[Morningside Heights: A History of Its Architecture & Development: Dolkart,...](https://www.amazon.com/Morningside-Heights-History-Architecture-Development/dp/0231078501)** > > Morningside Heights: A History of Its Architecture & Development \[Dolkart, Andrew\] on Amazon.com. \*FREE\* shipping on qualifying offers. Morningside Heights: A History of Its Architecture & Development ---
**Author:** ![JC\_Heights](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/jc_heights/32/90668_2.png) [@JC\_Heights](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/JC_Heights)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2025, 11:00pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-1299-third-avenue-201-east-74th-st-420-ft-33-floors/3428/30 "2025-12-03T23:00:43Z")
![25924](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/7/c/7cfe8e09cd966e86ed166bead8dff8ddf4cd5d81.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![SideStreet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/sidestreet/32/72746_2.png) [@SideStreet](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/SideStreet)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2025, 11:45pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-1299-third-avenue-201-east-74th-st-420-ft-33-floors/3428/31 "2025-12-03T23:45:51Z")
I’d really like to see Mamdani work with Hochul to give city planners extensive eminent domain powers to tear down relative junk like the tenements around the base of this tower. It would be pretty neat to close the book on the ‘Cantilever Era’ and I’m sure developers would love it. ---
**Author:** ![Nickfloyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/nickfloyo/32/173662_2.png) [@Nickfloyo](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Nickfloyo)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2026, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-1299-third-avenue-201-east-74th-st-420-ft-33-floors/3428/32 "2026-03-11T15:37:17Z")
![IMG_7468](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/b/b/bb923f122ff7b930d98874989135e9a9f24bb0cb.jpeg) ![IMG_7466](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/b/4/b49a99c90f711307ec5e31c074d6f2c3675bd4e1.jpeg) ![IMG_7463](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/3/8/38ff956b528fa1c92d7d647118cefd52d95e3f49.jpeg) ![IMG_7464](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/f/7/f787d4bb6f3133eb88d87f23ac95cb5bc367f2cf.jpeg) ![IMG_7467](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/a/9/a993a4b57d0e7991c928723e2f4f8dedf840dd0e.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Dior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/dior/32/164097_2.png) [@Dior](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Dior)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-1299-third-avenue-201-east-74th-st-420-ft-33-floors/3428/33 "2026-03-12T16:19:48Z")
at least the holdout doesnt have to deal with construction anymore ---
**Author:** ![JC\_Heights](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/jc_heights/32/90668_2.png) [@JC\_Heights](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/JC_Heights)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2026, 12:32am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-1299-third-avenue-201-east-74th-st-420-ft-33-floors/3428/34 "2026-04-02T00:32:51Z")
![31609](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/8/1/818bff2533385da6893fc72a86e17da18f00a622.jpeg) ![31599](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/0/4/04786d8950639366ca6dd2a89688254f0690d74c.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![adam\_James](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/adam_james/32/179610_2.png) [@adam\_James](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/adam_James)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 7:44pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-1299-third-avenue-201-east-74th-st-420-ft-33-floors/3428/35 "2026-08-03T19:44:20Z")
6-20-2026 ![IMG_9566](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/8/1/812625c51b6e325af7d909a1031df4b4b02ff50a.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![adam\_James](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/adam_james/32/179610_2.png) [@adam\_James](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/adam_James)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 7:46pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-1299-third-avenue-201-east-74th-st-420-ft-33-floors/3428/36 "2026-08-03T19:46:39Z")
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