Astor Place Tower, New York
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Astor Place Tower in New York is a distinctive modern residential high-rise known for its curving glass façade and prominent presence in Manhattan’s East Village skyline.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Astor Place Building | 1 |
| Astor Place Tower, New York canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6206946 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Astor Place Tower, New York Context triple: [Charles Gwathmey, designed, Astor Place Tower, New York]
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A.
Leacock Building
The Leacock Building is a major academic and classroom complex at McGill University’s downtown Montreal campus, housing numerous lecture halls, offices, and social science departments.
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B.
Flatiron Building
The Flatiron Building is a famous triangular early skyscraper in Manhattan, renowned as an iconic symbol of New York City’s architectural history.
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C.
Broadway Tower
Broadway Tower is a distinctive 18th-century folly and viewpoint in the Cotswolds, offering panoramic views over the surrounding Worcestershire and Gloucestershire countryside.
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D.
Bank of Manhattan Trust Building
The Bank of Manhattan Trust Building, now commonly known as 40 Wall Street, is a historic neo-Gothic skyscraper in New York City's Financial District that was briefly one of the tallest buildings in the world.
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E.
New York Sun Building
The New York Sun Building was a prominent historic newspaper office skyscraper in Manhattan that housed the influential New York Sun during the height of New York City’s print journalism era.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Astor Place Tower, New York Target entity description: Astor Place Tower in New York is a distinctive modern residential high-rise known for its curving glass façade and prominent presence in Manhattan’s East Village skyline.
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A.
Leacock Building
The Leacock Building is a major academic and classroom complex at McGill University’s downtown Montreal campus, housing numerous lecture halls, offices, and social science departments.
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B.
Flatiron Building
The Flatiron Building is a famous triangular early skyscraper in Manhattan, renowned as an iconic symbol of New York City’s architectural history.
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C.
Broadway Tower
Broadway Tower is a distinctive 18th-century folly and viewpoint in the Cotswolds, offering panoramic views over the surrounding Worcestershire and Gloucestershire countryside.
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D.
Bank of Manhattan Trust Building
The Bank of Manhattan Trust Building, now commonly known as 40 Wall Street, is a historic neo-Gothic skyscraper in New York City's Financial District that was briefly one of the tallest buildings in the world.
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E.
New York Sun Building
The New York Sun Building was a prominent historic newspaper office skyscraper in Manhattan that housed the influential New York Sun during the height of New York City’s print journalism era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
high-rise building
ⓘ
residential skyscraper ⓘ |
| architect |
Charles Gwathmey
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Contemporary
ⓘ
Modern ⓘ |
| buildingHeight | approximately 65 meters ⓘ |
| cityBorough | Borough of Manhattan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| completionDate | mid-2000s ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| developer | Related Companies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| elevatorCount | multiple elevators ⓘ |
| façadeFeature | curving glass façade ⓘ |
| hasAmenity |
doorman
ⓘ
fitness center ⓘ resident lounge ⓘ underground parking ⓘ |
| hasBalconyOrTerrace | some units ⓘ |
| hasBasement | yes ⓘ |
| hasFireSafetySystem | sprinkler system ⓘ |
| hasLobby | yes ⓘ |
| hasRetailSpace | ground-floor retail ⓘ |
| hasStructuralSystem | reinforced concrete core with steel framing ⓘ |
| hasUnitType |
luxury condominiums
ⓘ
penthouse apartments ⓘ |
| hasViewOf |
East Village
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Manhattan skyline NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWindowType | floor-to-ceiling windows ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Astor Place area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
East Village, Manhattan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Manhattan ⓘ New York NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City ⓘ |
| material |
glass
ⓘ
steel ⓘ |
| near |
Astor Place
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cooper Square NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| neighborhoodCharacter | prominent in East Village skyline ⓘ |
| notableFor |
distinctive curving glass design
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prominent presence in East Village skyline ⓘ |
| numberOfFloors | 21 ⓘ |
| publicTransitAccess | near Astor Place subway station ⓘ |
| roofType | flat roof ⓘ |
| streetAddress | 445 Lafayette Street ⓘ |
| use | residential ⓘ |
| zoningUse | residential ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Astor Place Tower, New York Description of subject: Astor Place Tower in New York is a distinctive modern residential high-rise known for its curving glass façade and prominent presence in Manhattan’s East Village skyline.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Astor Place Building