Articles
Real estate trade publication article from 1939 about the process of altering the southwest wings of 790 while not alienating the tenants still in residence.
Credit: Building and Building Management Magazine.
Credit: Building and Building Management Magazine.
Real Estate Dealings, 1909
1909 article about the plans for a 12-story building on Riverside Drive, which would be called The Riviera.
Credit: New York Times.
Credit: New York Times.
Article, 1938
1938 article from the New York Times about the plans to subdivide the larger apartments in the Riviera.
Credit: New York Times.
Credit: New York Times.
Audubon Transformation, 1909
Article from 1909 that describes the demolition of the wooden houses on 157th Street to make way for 790 Riverside Drive.
Credit: New York Times.
Credit: New York Times.
Audubon Boom, 1910
Article from 1910 about the transformation of the Audubon Park neighborhood, which included the construction of the Riviera.
Credit: New York Times.
Credit: New York Times.
Typical Apartments, 1913
Article from 1913 about “modern” apartment buildings includes a section on the Riviera.
Credit: New York Times.
Credit: New York Times.
Met Life Sales Article, 1944
Article from 1944 referencing Metropolitan Life Insurance's sale of 790 Riverside Drive.
Credit: New York Times.
Credit: New York Times.
Suicide in 1913
This 1913 article about a suicide who jumped from the seventh floor of the Riviera may be the first scandalous report from what was then a new building. Note the use of the word “engineer” to refer to the person in charge of the physical plant, who today would be called a “superintendent” or “super.”
Credit: New York Times.
Credit: New York Times.