Welcome to The Starburst Pavilion, opened in 1933 on a fantastical Fifth Avenue that lives two streets over from reality and one elevator ride above it. Commissioned by heiress and amateur astronomer Vera Lyric Fontaine, the Pavilion was her love letter to wireless dreams and late-night swing. Legend says Vera demanded “a building that looks like it can hear the future,” so the architect crowned the entry with a radiant fan crest—a stylized radio antenna wrapped in Art Deco g
