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"et donne des dessins inspirés de Versailles et de Gabriel pour le vaste immeuble de New York, à l'angle de la 5e avenue et de la 56e rue (1909-1910, détruit en 1953), dont la réalisation est effectuée par un architecte local, Horace Trumbauer."

I looked this building up in the New York Times from 1912 when it was just being finished. The writing is ambiguous but it appears to have been three stories, fifty feet high and solely a gallery for Duveen Bros, not a large apartment.

Are you confusing it with some other nearby building?

I suggest you go to the New York Times site at www.nyt.com and search 

the two archives (pre- and post- 1881) for the "Duveen Building" and see if this clarifies the matter for you.

Christopher Gray, who wrote his 2000 NYT column "Streetscapes" partially about the building, will undoubtedly be able to provide authoritative information. He may be reached at:

Christopher Gray "Streetscapes" Columnist, Sunday Real Estate Section, The New York Times 246 West 80th Street New York City 10024 voice: 212-799-0520 fax: 212-799-0542 e: Streetscapes@NYTimes.com 99.226.172.169 10 novembre 2007 à 13:48 (CET)