[1] The building is the Upper East Side's only example of the Châteauesque style applied to a high-rise.

[2] At the time of its construction, it was flanked by private homes, including one that belonged to Henry Phipps Jr.,[3] who had "declined to buy the empty land to the north".

[4] It retains its original façade, characterized by French Gothic details around the windows and on the roofline and elaborate carved stone ornamentation including dragons and dolphins.

[5] In 1940, the Bowery Savings Bank foreclosed on the property and acquired the building at a foreclosure auction, bidding $180,000.

[6] In 1947, the owner obtained reductions in assessed valuations amounting to $205,000 for 1944–45, 1945–46, and 1946–47 following an order from Judge Benjamin F.