Address |
Seventh Avenue / 57th Street (Isaac Stern Place) New York City United States |
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Public transit | 57th Street–Seventh Avenue |
Owner | The City of New York |
Operator | Carnegie Hall Corporation |
Type | concert hall |
Capacity | Stern Auditorium: 2,804 Zankel Hall: 599 Weill Recital Hall: 268 |
Construction | |
Opened | April 1891 |
Architect | William Tuthill |
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Coordinates | 40°45′54″N 73°58′48″W / 40.76500°N 73.98000°WCoordinates: 40°45′54″N 73°58′48″W / 40.76500°N 73.98000°W |
Architectural style | Renaissance Revival |
NRHP reference # | 66000535 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | October 15, 1966 |
Designated NHL | December 29, 1962 |
Designated NYCL | June 20, 1967 |
Carnegie Hall (/ˈkɑːrnɪɡi/, also frequently /kɑːrˈneɪɡi/ or /kɑːrˈnɛɡi/) is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States, located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east side of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street, two blocks south of Central Park.
Designed by architect William Burnet Tuthill and built by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie in 1891, it is one of the most prestigious venues in the world for both classical music and popular music. Carnegie Hall has its own artistic programming, development, and marketing departments, and presents about 250 performances each season. It is also rented out to performing groups. The hall has not had a resident company since 1962, when the New York Philharmonic moved to Lincoln Center's Philharmonic Hall (renamed Avery Fisher Hall in 1973 and David Geffen Hall in 2015).