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On a Storied Stretch of Fifth Avenue, a Symbol of Irish America Reels
The American Irish Historical Society’s mansion on Central Park has long symbolized the ascent of immigrants in the United States. It’s now on sale for $52 million, but many are citing mismanagement and asking the attorney general to intervene.
The townhouse at 991 Fifth Avenue has been home to the American Irish Historical Society for 80 years.Credit.Sarah Blesener for The New York Times
March 13, 2021
An exquisite Fifth Avenue townhouse of Gilded Age pedigree is on the market for $52 million. It features five stories, a curved terrace and a history that reads like a tragedy of manners, filled with grandeur and pride, pettiness and decay.
Anger as American Irish Historical Society to sell 5th Avenue HQ
The landmark building was put up for sale last month at a price of $52m, prompting calls for the sale to be stopped by Irish artists, actors and writers including Liam Neeson, Colm Tóibín, and Colum McCann.
Liam Neeson is among a group of Irish actors, artists and writers to call for the sale of the landmark building to be stopped.
Thu, 25 Feb, 2021 - 14:30
Paul Hosford, Political Correspondent
The Oireachtas Foreign Affairs Committee has written to Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney and to the board of the American Irish Historical Society to express its disappointment at its decision to sell its headquarters on 5th Avenue in New York.
Liam Neeson is fighting to save the historic New York building where the wake of wife Natasha was held.
Ballymena-born Neeson has written to New York State Attorney General Letitia James opposing the sale of the American Irish Historical Society on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue.
Neeson (68) is a board member of the society and was joined in mourning Natasha Richardson’s loss 12 years ago at the famous building, along with celebrities like Lauren Bacall, Uma Thurman , Matthew Broderick and wife Sarah Jessica Parker.
The letter, which was co-written by other prominent Irish Americans like Malachy McCourt, said: “We believe that the society’s stated mission – ‘That the world may know’ is intimately connected to its venerable presence on the most prestigious avenue in the world’s greatest city.
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