Sohmer Piano Building

170 5th Avenue | also 2 West 22nd Street | Flatiron | built 1898

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1898
Sohmer Piano Co. opens in Henry Corn's new domed building
Real estate developer Henry Corn completed this store-and-loft building at Fifth Avenue and 22nd Street in 1898 to a design by architect Robert Maynicke, crowned by twin eight-sided drums supporting an octagonal dome. The Sohmer Piano Company took ground-floor space for its offices and showroom, alongside publishing firms and architecture offices on the floors above.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
1909
July
Sohmer Piano moves out after a decade at 170 Fifth Avenue
Sohmer Piano Company, known for an early modern baby grand piano and favored by musicians including Irving Berlin and Victor Herbert, left the building in July 1909 for new quarters at 315 Fifth Avenue under a ten-year lease costing $25,000 a year.
Source: Daytonian in Manhattan
1995
The building's dome is regilded and the building becomes residential
Workers applied about 2,700 sheets of 23.5-karat gold leaf to the building's landmark dome in 1995. The building itself was converted from lofts to residential condominiums in 1999, and architects Bone/Levine completed a fuller facade restoration between 2002 and 2005.
Source: Wikipedia

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