Editing Fuller Building (section)

==Site==
The Fuller Building is in the [[Midtown Manhattan]] neighborhood of [[New York City]], on the northeast corner of [[Madison Avenue]] and [[57th Street (Manhattan)|57th Street]]. The largely rectangular [[land lot]] covers approximately {{convert|12,900|ft2}},<ref name="ZoLa" /> with a [[frontage]] of {{Convert|74.5|ft}} on Madison Avenue and {{convert|150|ft}} parallel to 57th Street.<ref name="ZoLa">{{Cite web|title=597 Madison Avenue, 10022|url=https://zola.planning.nyc.gov/l/lot/1/1293/26#17.66/40.762342/-73.970967|url-status=live|access-date=March 20, 2020|publisher=[[New York City Department of City Planning]]|archive-date=April 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411174535/https://zola.planning.nyc.gov/l/lot/1/1293/26#17.66/40.762342/-73.970967}}</ref><ref name="nyht19490101">{{cite news|date=January 1, 1949|title=Florida Agency Buys Control of Fuller Building: Firm Headed by K. S. Keyes Takes Large Structure at Madison Ave., 57th St|page=14|work=New York Herald Tribune|id={{ProQuest|1326787779}}}}</ref> The [[Four Seasons Hotel New York]] is on the same block to the east. Other nearby buildings include [[432 Park Avenue]] to the south; [[590 Madison Avenue]] to the southwest; [[LVMH Tower]] and the [[L. P. Hollander Company Building]] to the west; the [[General Motors Building (Manhattan)|General Motors Building]] to the northwest; and the [[Ritz Tower]] to the east.<ref name="ZoLa" />

Before the Fuller Building was developed, the site was occupied by the [[Madison Avenue Dutch Reformed Church]],<ref name="nyt19281202">{{Cite news|date=December 2, 1928|title=New Scenes Along Madison Avenue; Fuller Building at Fifty-seventh Street Is to Be Forty Stories High|language=en-US|page=191|work=The New York Times|url-access=subscription|url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1928/12/02/95855768.pdf|access-date=April 9, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> constructed in 1870.<ref name="nyht19281202">{{cite news|date=December 2, 1928|title=40 Floors Will Top Old Church Site on Madison Av. Corner: Building Will Be Built Over Bank of Six-Story Shops; Art Trade Is Favored|page=D2|work=New York Herald Tribune|id={{ProQuest|1113697170}}}}</ref> In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, East 57th Street largely contained homes and structures built for the arts.<ref name="Stern (1987) p. 357">{{harvnb|ps=.|Stern|Gilmartin|Mellins|1987|p=357}}</ref><ref name="NYCL-2042">{{cite web|date=October 19, 1999|title=130 West 57th Street Studio Building|url=http://www.neighborhoodpreservationcenter.org/db/bb_files/1999---130w57.pdf|access-date=November 20, 2020|publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]]|pages=2–3|archive-date=April 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423083747/http://www.neighborhoodpreservationcenter.org/db/bb_files/1999---130w57.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Central Presbyterian Church (New York City)|Central Presbyterian Church]] bought the Madison Avenue Church structure in 1915.<ref>{{Cite news|date=February 28, 1915|title=Old Church Goes Out of Existence; Central Presbyterian Takes Property of Madison Av. Reformed at 57th Street.|language=en-US|page=3|work=The New York Times|url-access=limited|url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1915/02/28/301788112.pdf|access-date=April 9, 2021|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=January 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220113133536/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1915/02/28/301788112.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Many of the residential structures on 57th Street were replaced with offices, shops, and art galleries by the 1920s.<ref name="Stern (1987) p. 357"/><ref name="nyht19290113">{{cite news|date=January 13, 1929|title='Shanty Land' Now Site of $125,000,000 New Construction: Skyscrapers and Shops Have Replaced Homes of 5,000 Squatters in 57th Street|page=D1|work=New York Herald Tribune|id={{ProQuest|1111941344}}}}</ref> In April 1928, the Charles of London Corporation was planning to buy the Central Church building, with plans to redevelop the site with a 30-story skyscraper.<ref>{{Cite news|date=April 14, 1928|title=Plans Skyscraper on Site of Church; Charles of London Seeks to Buy the Central Presbyterian in Madison Avenue|language=en-US|page=25|work=The New York Times|url-access=subscription|url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1928/04/14/91499082.pdf|access-date=April 9, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Ultimately, the [[Fuller Construction Company]] purchased the Central Church building, and the Central Church moved to Park Avenue.<ref name="nyt19280510">{{Cite news|date=May 10, 1928|title=Fuller Co. Is Buyer of Madison Av. Site; Builders Bought Central Presbyterian Church in RecentDeal for a Skyscraper|language=en-US|page=48|work=The New York Times|url-access=subscription|url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1928/05/10/91510891.pdf|access-date=April 9, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>