Stephen A. Schwarzman Building

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Beaux-Arts architecture New York Public Library branch landmark library building

The Stephen A. Schwarzman Building is the iconic Beaux-Arts flagship library on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, renowned for its grand reading rooms and stone lion statues.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Beaux-Arts architecture → New York Public Library branch → landmark → library building →
architect	Carrère and Hastings →
architecturalStyle	Beaux-Arts →
boundedBy	40th Street → 42nd Street → Bryant Park → Fifth Avenue →
collectionType	reference library → research library →
constructionStartDate	1902 →
country	United States →
flankedBy	Fortitude (lion statue) → Patience (lion statue) →
formerName	Central Building of the New York Public Library → New York Public Library Main Branch →
genre	research library building →
hasArtworks	ceiling paintings in Rose Main Reading Room → murals by Edward Laning →
hasPart	Astor Hall → DeWitt Wallace Periodical Room → Lion statues → Manuscripts and Archives Division → Map Division → McGraw Rotunda → Prints and Photographs Division → Rose Main Reading Room →
heritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark → New York City Landmark →
inception	1911 →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	New York →
location	Fifth Avenue → Manhattan → New York City →
mainEntranceOn	Fifth Avenue →
nameChangeYear	2008 →
namedAfter	Stephen A. Schwarzman →
notableFeature	grand marble staircases → large arched windows → ornate coffered ceilings → stone lion statues →
openingDate	1911-05-23 →
operator	New York Public Library →
ownedBy	New York Public Library →
postalCode	10018 →
publicAccess	yes →
streetAddress	476 Fifth Avenue →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Mecanoo ("New York Public Library Midtown renovation (Stephen A. Schwarzman Building masterplan)") →	designed
Stephen A. Schwarzman ("Schwarzman") →	familyName
New York Public Library →	hasPart
New York Public Library →	mainBuildingName
Stephen A. Schwarzman ("Stephen A. Schwarzman Building of the New York Public Library") →	namesakeOf
Rose Main Reading Room →	partOf