Fire Breaks Out In Iconic Co-Op Building On Park Avenue
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- A fire broke out Wednesday afternoon on the sixth floor of a prestigious residential building on Park Avenue on the Upper East Side.
The fire started around 3 p.m. in the tony 16-story co-op building at 740 Park Ave., at 71st Street, CBS2's Scott Rapoport reported.
Two firefighters were injured while battling the blaze, Rapoport reported. There was no word late Wednesday on the cause of the fire.
The Park Avenue building is one of the city's most celebrated addresses. It was designed by architects Rosario Candela and Arthur Loomis Harmon, and opened in 1929.
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The building is and has been home to some of the city's richest and most famous. The developer behind the building was James T. Lee, grandfather of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis – who herself lived there as a child, according to published reports. John D. Rockefeller Jr. was also a resident.
The building is also the subject of a book, "740 Park: The Story of the World's Richest Apartment Building," by Michael Gross.
Southbound Park Avenue was shut down between 72nd and 70th streets while crews battled the blaze.