Warren & Wetmore

Regarding the Aeolian Hall, the following information can be found in the 1988 AIA Guide to New York City: "City University Graduate Center, CUNY/originally Aeolian Hall . . . 1912. Warren & Wetmore. Redesigned, 1970, Carl J. Petrilli & Assocs. What was once a concert hall and then a five-and-ten is now a bluestone-floored pedestrian arcade forming an elegant shortcut between 42nd and 43rd Streets. . . . George Gershwin introduced Rhapsody in Blue in Aeolian Hall with Paul Whiteman's Orchestra in 1924."

From the description of New Aeolian Hall [33 W. 42nd bet. 5th and 6th Avenues, New York, N.Y.] [graphic] : [floor plans] / Warren & Wetmore, Architects. 1912. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 78501036

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