Editing Carnegie Hall (section)

== Site ==
Carnegie Hall is on the east side of [[Seventh Avenue (Manhattan)|Seventh Avenue]] between [[56th Street (Manhattan)|56th Street]] and [[57th Street (Manhattan)|57th Street]], two blocks south of [[Central Park]], in [[Midtown Manhattan]], New York City.<ref name="NYCityMap">{{Cite web|title=NYCityMap|url=http://maps.nyc.gov/|access-date=March 20, 2020|website=NYC.gov|publisher=[[New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications]]|archive-date=February 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210219214900/http://maps.nyc.gov/doitt/nycitymap/|url-status=live}}</ref> The site covers {{convert|27,618|ft2||abbr=}}. Its [[Land lot|lot]] is {{Convert|200|ft||abbr=}} wide, covering the entire width of the block between 56th Street to the south and 57th Street to the north, and extends {{Convert|150|ft||abbr=}} eastward from Seventh Avenue.<ref>{{Cite web|title=881 7 Avenue, 10019|url=https://zola.planning.nyc.gov/l/lot/1/1009/1#16.59/40.765008/-73.978097|access-date=September 8, 2020|publisher=[[New York City Department of City Planning]]|archive-date=June 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626153842/https://zola.planning.nyc.gov/l/lot/1/1009/1#16.59/40.765008/-73.978097|url-status=live}}</ref>

Carnegie Hall shares the [[city block]] with the [[Carnegie Hall Tower]], [[Russian Tea Room]], and [[Metropolitan Tower (Manhattan)|Metropolitan Tower]] to the east. It is [[wikt:cater-corner|cater-corner]] from [[the Osborne]] apartment building. It also faces the [[Rodin Studios]] and [[888 Seventh Avenue]] to the west; [[Alwyn Court]], [[The Briarcliffe]], the [[165 West 57th Street|Louis H. Chalif Normal School of Dancing]], and [[One57]] to the north; the [[Park Central Hotel]] to the southwest; and [[CitySpire]] and [[New York City Center]] to the southeast.<ref name="NYCityMap" /> Right outside the hall is an entrance to the [[New York City Subway]]'s [[57th Street–Seventh Avenue station]], served by the {{NYCS trains|Broadway}}.<ref>{{cite web|date=2018|title=MTA Neighborhood Maps: 57 St 7 Av (N)(Q)(R)(W)|url=https://new.mta.info/document/2001|access-date=September 13, 2018|website=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority|mta.info]]|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|archive-date=February 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224211132/https://new.mta.info/document/2001|url-status=live}}</ref>

Carnegie Hall is part of a former artistic hub around a two-block section of West 57th Street between [[Sixth Avenue]] and [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]]. The hub had been developed during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its opening in 1891 directly contributed to the development of the hub.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Gray|first=Christopher|date=May 9, 1999|title=Streetscapes /57th Street Between Avenue of the Americas and Seventh Avenue; High and Low Notes of a Block With a Musical Bent|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/09/realestate/streetscapes-57th-street-between-avenue-americas-seventh-avenue-high-low-notes.html|access-date=November 18, 2020|archive-date=November 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127115151/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/09/realestate/streetscapes-57th-street-between-avenue-americas-seventh-avenue-high-low-notes.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=November 13, 2001|title=Steinway Hall|url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/2100.pdf|access-date=November 12, 2020|publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]]|pages=6–7|archive-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109230241/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/2100.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite fednyc|page=232}}</ref> The area contains several buildings constructed as residences for artists and musicians, such as [[130 West 57th Street|130]] and [[140 West 57th Street]], the Osborne, and the Rodin Studios. In addition, the area contained the headquarters of organizations such as the [[American Fine Arts Society]], the [[Lotos Club]], and the [[American Society of Civil Engineers]].<ref>{{cite web|date=December 16, 2008|title=Society House of the American Society of Civil Engineers|url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/2297.pdf|publisher=[[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]]|page=2|access-date=December 4, 2020|archive-date=August 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823005513/http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/2297.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> By the 21st century, the artistic hub had largely been replaced with [[Billionaires' Row]], a series of luxury skyscrapers around the southern end of [[Central Park]].<ref>{{cite web | last=Scher | first=Robin | title='Round 57th Street: New York's First Gallery District Continues (for Now) to Weather Endless Changes in the Art World | website=ARTnews | date=July 19, 2016 | url=https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/round-57th-street-new-yorks-first-gallery-district-continues-for-now-to-weather-endless-changes-in-the-art-world-6685/ | access-date=June 13, 2024}}</ref>