B. Altman and Company Building

historic building in Manhattan, New York, USA
Place commercial_building Q99295970
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Summary

B. Altman and Company Building is a commercial building[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of commercial_building entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (101 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • B. Altman and Company Building is located in Manhattan[3].
  • B. Altman and Company Building is in the country of United States[4].
  • B. Altman and Company Building's instance of is recorded as commercial building[5].
  • B. Altman and Company Building's instance of is recorded as school building[6].
  • B. Altman and Company Building's architect is recorded as Trowbridge & Livingston[7].
  • B. Altman and Company Building is owned by City University of New York[8].
  • B. Altman and Company Building is owned by Oxford University Press[9].
  • B. Altman and Company is named after B. Altman and Company Building[10].
  • B. Altman and Company Building's architectural style is recorded as Renaissance Revival architecture[11].
  • B. Altman and Company Building is made of limestone[12].
  • B. Altman and Company Building is made of brick[13].
  • B. Altman and Company Building's Commons category is recorded as B. Altman Fifth Avenue building[14].
  • B. Altman and Company Building's occupant is recorded as CUNY Graduate School and University Center[15].
  • B. Altman and Company Building's occupant is recorded as Oxford University Press[16].
  • October 15, 1906 marks the founding of B. Altman and Company Building[17].
  • B. Altman and Company Building's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 40.751389, 'longitude': -73.983056}[18].
  • B. Altman and Company Building's located on street is recorded as Fifth Avenue[19].
  • B. Altman and Company Building's located on street is recorded as Madison Avenue[20].
  • B. Altman and Company Building's located on street is recorded as 34th Street[21].
  • B. Altman and Company Building's floors above ground is recorded as {'amount': '+13'}[22].
  • B. Altman and Company Building's heritage designation is recorded as New York City Landmark[23].
  • B. Altman and Company Building's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject New York Public Library[24].
  • B. Altman and Company Building's street address is recorded as 365 Fifth Avenue[25].

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Geography

B. Altman and Company Building is in the country of United States[4]. It is located in Manhattan[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include commercial building[5] and school building[6]. B. Altman and Company Building's heritage designation is recorded as New York City Landmark[23].

History and Context

October 15, 1906 marks the founding of B. Altman and Company Building[17]. Owners include City University of New York[8], a public university[26], in United States[27], founded in 1961[28], headquartered in New York City[29] and Oxford University Press[9], a university press[30], in United Kingdom[31], founded in 1586[32], headquartered in Oxford[33]. B. Altman and Company is named after it[10].

Why It Matters

B. Altman and Company Building ranks in the top 8% of commercial_building entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (101 views/month).[2] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · IdeasMagnet · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Commons category → B. Altman Fifth Avenue building
    Wikidata description → historic building in Manhattan, New York, USA
    Imported from → —
    Significant event → construction
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Openstreetmap way id: 265302084, Adding OSM way id claim from wikidata tag on way/265302084 in United States"
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