505 West End Avenue
also 301 West 84th Street | Upper West Side | built 1921
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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.
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- 1926
Sergei Rachmaninoff makes his New York home at 505 West End Avenue
A plaque on the building records that the Russian composer, pianist and conductor lived here from 1926 to 1943. During those years he concentrated on concert performances and completed several major works, including the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, his Third Symphony and the Symphonic Dances.
Source: openplaques.org
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