Sohmer Piano Building

Coordinates: 40°44′27″N 73°59′25″W / 40.740809°N 73.990401°W

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Sohmer Piano Building
Sohmer Piano Building

General information
Status	Completed
Type	residential condominiums
Location	170 Fifth Avenue at 22nd Street Manhattan, New York City
Coordinates	40°44′27″N 73°59′25″W / 40.740809°N 73.990401°W / 40.740809; -73.990401
Estimated completion	1898
Technical details
Floor count	13
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Robert Maynicke

The Sohmer Piano Building, or Sohmer Building, is a Neo-classical ^[1] Beaux-Arts building located at 170 Fifth Avenue at East 22nd Street, in the Flatiron District neighborhood of the New York City borough of Manhattan, diagonally southwest of the Flatiron Building. Designed by Robert Maynicke as a store-and-loft building for real-estate developer Henry Corn, and built in 1897-98^[2] it is easily recognizable by its gold dome, which sits on top of a 2-story octagonal cupola.^[1]

The building is located in within the Ladies' Mile Historic District, and, according to the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, is "characteristic of the later development phase of the District".^[2] It was named for the Sohmer Piano Company, which had its offices and showroom there early in the building's history. Other tenants included architects, publishers, and merchants of leather, hats, perfume and upholstery.^[2] It was converted to residential condominium apartments in the early 21st century,^[3] and its architectural features were restored between 2002 and 2005 by Bone / Levine Architects.^[1]^[4]

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c "Sohmer Piano Building" Archived 2009-02-18 at the Wayback Machine at Bone/Levine Architects
^ ^a ^b ^c Pearson, Marjorie (ed.) "NYCLPC Ladies' Mile Historic District Designation Report, volume 1" New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (May 2, 1989). pp.293-295
^ Gregor, Alison (June 11, 2010). "New Housing Comes to Ladies' Mile". The New York Times.
^ White, Norval; Willensky, Elliot and Leadon, Fran. AIA Guide to New York City (Fifth edition) New York: Wiley, 2010 at Google Books

External links

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Media related to Sohmer Piano Building at Wikimedia Commons

Structures on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan

Below 34th Street
1 47 (Salmagundi Club) 110 (Judge) 153 (Scribner) 159–161 170 (Sohmer Piano) 173 (Flatiron) 200 (Toy Center) 255 (Grand Madison) 272 (Marble Collegiate Church) 276 (Holland House) 277 284 (The Wilbraham) 339 (Demarest) 350 (Empire State)

34th–59th Streets

59th–96th Streets

Above 96th Street
Mount Sinai Hospital 1220 (Museum of the City of New York) 1230 (El Museo del Barrio) 1280 (The Africa Center) 2067 (St. Andrew's Episcopal Church) 2366 (369th Regiment Armory)

Parks and park features
Bryant Park Central Park Arsenal Central Park Zoo Conservatory Garden Harlem Meer Grand Army Plaza William Tecumseh Sherman Pulitzer Fountain Madison Square Park Marcus Garvey Park Harlem Fire Watchtower Washington Square Park Arch

Subway stations
42nd Street–Bryant Park/Fifth Avenue Fifth Avenue/53rd Street Fifth Avenue–59th Street

Former

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