Scribner Building

The Scribner Building is a commercial structure at 155 Fifth Avenue, near 21st Street, in the Flatiron District of Manhattan in New York City. Designed by Ernest Flagg in the Beaux Arts style, it was completed in 1893 as the corporate headquarters of Charles Scribner's Sons publishing company.

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Type: Building
Description: commercial building in Manhattan, New York
Also known as: “United Synagogue of America Building”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Flatiron Building and Empire State Building.

Flatiron Building

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The Flatiron Building is a 22-story, 307-foot-tall steel-framed triangular building at 175 Fifth Avenue in the Flatiron District neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, New York, US. Flatiron Building is situated 360 feet northeast of Scribner Building.

Empire State Building

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The Empire State Building is a 102-story, supertall skyscraper in the Midtown South neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States. The building was designed in the Art Deco style by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and constructed between 1930 and 1931. Empire State Building is situated 3,300 feet northeast of Scribner Building.

Madison Square Park

Park

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Madison Square is a public square formed by the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Broadway at 23rd Street in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The square was named for Founding Father James Madison, the fourth president of the United States.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gramercy Flatiron and Union Square.

Gramercy Flatiron

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In the shadow of the skyscrapers of Midtown sit some of Manhattan's most colorful and vibrant neighborhoods. Busy Flatiron is one of the borough's most active shopping and entertainment districts, situated between Union Square and Madison Square Park, two of the most popular meeting places for Manhattanites.

Union Square

Neighborhood

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Union Square is a historic intersection and surrounding neighborhood in Manhattan, New York City, United States, located where Broadway and the former Bowery Road – now Park Avenue north of the Square – came together in the early 19th century.

NoMad

Neighborhood

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NoMad, also known as Madison Square North, is a neighborhood centered on the Madison Square North Historic District in the borough of Manhattan in New York City.

Scribner Building

Category: commercial building
Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.74028° or 40° 44′ 25″ north

Longitude

-73.99056° or 73° 59′ 26″ west

Elevation

39 feet (12 metres)

Open location code

87G8P2R5+4Q

GeoNames ID

6342993

Wikidata ID

Q3701950

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Spanish—“Scribner Building” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Scribner Building”
French: “Scribner Building”
German: “Scribner Building”
Japanese: “スクリブナー・ビルディング”
Spanish: “Edificio Scribner”
Spanish: “Scribner Building”

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