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B. Altman Department Store NYC Pay Your Altman’s Bill Here Sign 10” x 9” x 1/8”:
$150.00

B. Altman Department Store

New York City

Pay Your Altman’s Bill Here Sign

10” x 9” x 1/8”

The B. Altman and Company Building is a commercial building in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, that formerly served as B. Altman and Company's flagship department store. It occupies an entire city block between Fifth Avenue, Madison Avenue, 34th Street, and 35th Street, directly opposite the Empire State Building, with a primary address of 355–371 Fifth Avenue.

B. Altman & Company Building

The B. Altman & Company Building

Seen in 2020 from the corner of Fifth Avenue and 34th Street

Commercial offices, educational

Architectural style

Italian Renaissance Revival

Location

355–371 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New York

Press

Construction started 1905

Completed 1914

Opened 1906

Renovated 1996

Technical details

Floor count 13

Design and construction

Architect(s) Trowbridge & Livingston

Main contractor

Marc Eidlitz & Son

Renovating team

Renovating firm

Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer, Gwathmey Siegel & Associates

References

New York City Landmark

Designated

March 12, 1985

The B. Altman and Company Building was designed by Trowbridge & Livingston in the Italian Renaissance Revival style. Most of the building is eight stories tall, though the Madison Avenue end rises to thirteen stories. It contains a facade made largely of French limestone, except at the Madison Avenue end, where the ninth through thirteenth stories and most of the Madison Avenue side are faced with white brick. The facade contains a large arcade with a colonnade at its two-story base.

Altman's was the first big department store to make the move from the Ladies' Mile shopping district to Fifth Avenue, which at the time was still primarily residential. The building was opened in stages between 1906 and 1914, due to the difficulty in acquiring real estate. The store closed in 1989 and was vacant until 1996, when it was renovated. The building was reconfigured to house the City University of New York's Graduate Center, the New York Public Library's Science, Industry and Business Library, and the Oxford University Press. The B. Altman and Company Building was made a New York City designated landmark in 1985.