 Author Henry Miller, who wrote "Tropic of Cancer", was born in 1891 on the top floor of and lived at 450 East 85th Street.Author Louise Fitzhugh lived at 524 East 85th Street, between East End and York Avenues, and her heroine "Harriet" in "Harriet the Spy" lived in the area.The glassy Modernist building at 525 East 85th Street was built in 1958.