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Carnegie Hall

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Carnegie Hall is a concert venue at 881 Seventh Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, designed by architect William Burnet Tuthill and built by the industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, its namesake. It is one of the most prestigious venues in the world for classical and popular music, presenting about 250 performances each season through its own artistic programming as well as rentals to visiting performing groups.

Facts
Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account
Performing arts building 2
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Manhattan, United States 2
Completed YearSourced to the subject's own account
1891 2
Classification
Standing StatusSourced to the subject's own account
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own account
Concert Hall 1
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Concert Hall, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

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Source Carnegie Hall (Wikipedia)

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1. Carnegie Hall (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • infobox building_type/type field: Concert hall
  • Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article (standing)
    Carnegie Hall is a concert venue at 881 Seventh Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, designed by architect William Burnet Tuthill and built by the industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, its namesake. It is one of the most prestigious venues in the world for classical and popular music, presenting about 250 performances each season through its own artistic programming as well as rentals to visiting performing groups.
  • In Style: Renaissance Revival architecture, Wikipedia categories
    Category:Italian Renaissance Revival architecture in the United States
  • Uses Element: Masonry, Wikipedia article
    Carnegie Hall was constructed with heavy masonry bearing walls, as lighter structural steel framework was not widely used when the building was completed.
  • Uses Element: Brick, Wikipedia article
    Carnegie Hall was constructed with heavy masonry bearing walls, as lighter structural steel framework was not widely used when the building was completed.
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2. Carnegie Hall (Wikidata)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Wikidata date-of-opening/inception statement (1891)
    Wikidata item Q200959, property P571: 1891
  • Wikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Performing arts building)
    Wikidata item Q200959, instance of (P31): performing arts building
  • Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Manhattan, United States
    Wikidata item Q200959, property P131/P17 (location): Manhattan, United States
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