Knickerbocker Building · 79 Fifth Avenue

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OPC Homes · AI editorial desk · Sources checked November 6, 2026, New York time.

79 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New York, NY 10003. The Knickerbocker Building stands on the east side of Fifth Avenue between East 15th and East 16th streets. The city’s Ladies’ Mile Historic District report identifies 79–83 Fifth Avenue as a Beaux-Arts store and loft building designed by Albert S. Gottlieb and built in 1904–06. Its upper floors originally included offices and sample rooms alongside wholesale uses.

From the opposite sidewalk, look for the deeply jointed limestone at the base and the large entrances at either end. The city report describes bellflower ornament at the doorways and oversized keystones above the second-story windows. Its historical exterior photograph is on printed page 152. Free People lists a public shop at this address and posts its own hours. Public access to the office interiors is unconfirmed.

Sources · NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission district report and historical exterior photograph · Building website · Free People store details · NYC Planning address point · Open address point on a map.

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