Solow Building
The Solow Building, also known as 9 West 57th Street, is a skyscraper in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Completed in 1974 and designed by Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, it is west of Fifth Avenue between 57th and 58th Streets, overlooking the Plaza Hotel and Central Park.Photo: Jim.henderson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Commercial building
- Description: Manhattan skyscraper
- Address: 9 West 57th street, New York
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Museum of Modern Art and Carnegie Hall.
Museum of Modern Art
Museum
Carnegie Hall
Arts center
Photo: Ajay Suresh, CC BY 2.0.
Carnegie Hall is a concert venue at 881 Seventh Avenue, between 56th and 57th Streets, in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Designed by architect William Burnet Tuthill and built by its namesake, industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, the venue is one of the most prestigious in the world for both classical music and popular music. Carnegie Hall is situated 1,400 feet west of Solow Building.
Empire State Building
Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 2.5.
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 1¼ miles southwest of Solow Building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Diamond District and Theater District.
Diamond District
Neighborhood
Photo: ChrisRuvolo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
A diamond district is an area where the cutting, polishing, and trade of diamonds and other gems takes place. There are a number of these districts around the world, including: It may also refer to Diamond District, an American hip-hop group formed by Oddisee, Uptown XO & Yu.
Theater District
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Broadway. Times Square. Madison Square Garden. The name says it all: the Theater District is the entertainment hub of the city, and possibly the entire nation.
Lincoln Square
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lincoln Square is the name of both a square and the surrounding neighborhood on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Lincoln Square is centered on the intersection of Broadway and Columbus Avenue, between West 65th and 66th streets.
Solow Building
- Categories: skyscraper, workplace, building, and office
- Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.76384° or 40° 45′ 50″ northLongitude
-73.97495° or 73° 58′ 30″ westInception
1974Open location code
87G8Q27G+G2OpenStreetMap ID
way 86216906OpenStreetMap feature
building=commercialWikidata ID
Q632019
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Solow Building” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Solow Building”
- Catalan: “Solow Building”
- Chinese: “Solow大楼”
- Chinese: “Solow大樓”
- Chinese: “索罗大厦”
- Czech: “Solow Building”
- Dutch: “Solow Building”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مبنى سولو”
- Estonian: “Solow Building”
- Finnish: “Solow Building”
- French: “Solow Building”
- German: “Solow Building”
- Hebrew: “בניין סולו”
- Italian: “Solow Building”
- Japanese: “ソロービル”
- Korean: “솔로 빌딩”
- Persian: “ساختمان سولو”
- Portuguese: “Solow Building”
- Romanian: “Solow Building”
- Russian: “Солоу-билдинг”
- Slovenian: “Solow Building”
- Spanish: “Solow Building”
- Swedish: “Solow Building”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Paris Theatre and The Plaza Food Hall.
Nearby Places
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