Parke-Bernet Building (New York City, New York)

USA / New Jersey / West New York / New York City, New York / Madison Avenue, 974
 office building, Streamline Moderne (architecture), 1949_construction
Former offices of the Parke-Bernet auction house which was designed c. 1949 in the Streamline Moderne style by A. Stewart Walker (of the firm of Walker & Gillette) and Alfred Easton Poor with an interior by Eugene Schoen & Sons. The exterior has an aluminum relief titled "Venus and Manhattan" by Wheeler Williams.

The building had ten galleries and an auditorium that could seat 2,000 people, and is credited with moving the art scene uptown. After merging with Sothebys, the gallery moved in 1987 much to the chagrin of the art community, and was converted into office space.

It is now occupied by the Gagosian Gallery.

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Coordinates:   40°46'29"N   73°57'48"W
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