Several of the stores on Fifth Avenue were expansions of stores with their origins on Broadway. Arnold Constable’s expanded to 113-115 5th Avenue in 1877, and Lord & Taylor occupied 129-131 5th in 1902-1903 and 119-121 5th in 1905. In addition, 5th Avenue became the district that housed piano businesses and publishers. Estey Pianos was at 97 5th in 1895 and the publishers Houghton Mifflin and Oxford University Press both made their home by the turn of the 20th century between 16th and 17th street and 5th Avenue.

It was Charles Scribner’s Sons that was built by the architect Ernest Flagg in 1893-4 to house the distinguished publisher. Located at 153-157 5th Avenue between 21st and 22nd Street, it was designed with a bookstore on the first floor and offices above. The firm was originally founded in 1846 as Scribner and Baker by Charles Scribner and Isaac Baker.

We will terminate our 5th Avenue walk at 200 Fifth Avenue, located between 23rd and 24th Street. It was built in 1908-1909 on land that was from 1852 to 1853 Franconi’s Hippodrome which seated over 10,000.