Jun 2 2022

The Fred F. French Building

This skyscraper at 551 Fifth Avenue, at the corner of 45th Street, was built in 1927 for the namesake New York real estate developer Fred F. French (1883-1936), by H. Douglas Ives, John Sloan and T. Markoe Robertson.

The reflection on the opposite building @ 546 Fifth Avenue. One of the tenants (or the only one) is Safra Bank.

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Jun 2 2022

Mutter and her friends


I missed Anne-Sophie Mutter in Baden-Baden by a few days – wasn’t too regretful because but she comes to New York all the time. Tonight she wears off the shoulder catsuit or two pieces, with a capri. Good lord, at 58, she looks good.

This  event, she and her friends played

  1. HAYDN String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 20, No. 1
  2. BEETHOVEN String Quartet in G Major, Op. 18, No. 2
  3. J

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