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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Label Occurrences
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building canonical 9
New York Public Library Midtown renovation (Stephen A. Schwarzman Building masterplan) 1
Schwarzman 1

Statements (49)

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 of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
flankedBy Patience (lion statue) ⓘ
surface form: Fortitude (lion statue)

Patience (lion statue) ⓘ
formerName New York Public Library ⓘ
surface form: Central Building of the New York Public Library

New York Public Library ⓘ
surface form: 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 (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New York Public Library → hasPart → Stephen A. Schwarzman Building ⓘ
New York Public Library → mainBuildingName → Stephen A. Schwarzman Building ⓘ
Mecanoo → designed → Stephen A. Schwarzman Building ⓘ
this entity surface form: New York Public Library Midtown renovation (Stephen A. Schwarzman Building masterplan)
Stephen A. Schwarzman → familyName → Stephen A. Schwarzman Building ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schwarzman
Stephen A. Schwarzman → namesakeOf → Stephen A. Schwarzman Building ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stephen A. Schwarzman Building of the New York Public Library
Rose Main Reading Room → partOf → Stephen A. Schwarzman Building ⓘ
DeWitt Wallace Periodical Room → locatedIn → Stephen A. Schwarzman Building ⓘ
DeWitt Wallace Periodical Room → partOf → Stephen A. Schwarzman Building ⓘ
Patience (lion statue) → locatedIn → Stephen A. Schwarzman Building ⓘ
Astor Hall → locatedIn → Stephen A. Schwarzman Building ⓘ
McGraw Rotunda → locatedIn → Stephen A. Schwarzman Building ⓘ
Bryant Park (in coordination with Bryant Park Corporation) → adjacentTo → Stephen A. Schwarzman Building ⓘ
subject surface form: Bryant Park