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125 West 55th Street (north) New York City Center, theatre at 131 West 55th Street (north) 55th Street Playhouse, theatre at 154 West 55th Street; CitySpire Center (north), 75-story, 814 ft (248 m) tower (tallest on street), north [14] The London NYC 54-floor, 590 ft (180 m) tower completed in 1990 (south) [15] Hotel Wellington (north)
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Originally, the theater was built to be a horse stable [3] in 1888 by Charles T. Barney, a banker who later became president of the Knickerbocker Trust Company.The upper stories were rented out as The Holbein Studios, [1] and were occupied by artists, such as John Singer Sargent, impressionist painter Childe Hassam, and portrait artist Cecilia Beaux. [2]
CCMD officials agreed to turn over the 55th Street theater's operation to the City Center 55th Street Theater Foundation, headed by these ballet companies. [236] The plan nearly failed because of disagreements between the CCMD and the dance companies, [ 237 ] but the agreement was finalized in August 1976 after months of debate. [ 238 ]
With the opening of St. Patrick's in 1879, St. John's parish was moved to East 55th Street at First Avenue. Under Monsignor James J. Flood, a new church was begun in 1880 and completed in 1886. [4] An adjacent brick garage was built in 1947 at 344–348 East 56th Street to the designs of architect George J. Sole for $900. [1]
Le Club was a members-only restaurant and nightclub located at 416 East 55th Street in Manhattan. French expatriate Olivier Coquelin founded Le Club in 1960. [1] [2] It was a playground for New York's elites, including the Vanderbilts and Kennedys. [3] As a young man in the 1970s, Donald Trump frequented the club, particularly associating with ...
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55th Street station opened on June 24, 1916 along with the first portion of the BMT West End Line from 36th Street on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line to 18th Avenue station. [3] [4] The line was originally a surface excursion railway to Coney Island, called the Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island Railroad, which was established in 1862, but did not reach Coney Island until 1864. [5]