Crown Building, New York City
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The Crown Building in New York City is a historic, ornately detailed early-20th-century skyscraper on Fifth Avenue, renowned for its distinctive gilded crown and luxury retail and office spaces.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Crown Building, New York City canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11373638 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Crown Building, New York City Context triple: [H. Craig Severance, notableWork, Crown Building, New York City]
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Manhattan Municipal Building
The Manhattan Municipal Building is a landmark Beaux-Arts skyscraper in Lower Manhattan that houses numerous New York City government offices and is noted for its grand architectural design.
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Tribune Building, New York City
The Tribune Building in New York City was a pioneering 19th-century skyscraper and former headquarters of the New York Tribune, designed in a richly ornamented style by architect Richard Morris Hunt.
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CBS Building (Black Rock), New York City
The CBS Building, nicknamed "Black Rock," is a landmark Modernist skyscraper in New York City known for its dark granite facade and distinctive monolithic design.
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New York Sun Building
The New York Sun Building was a prominent historic newspaper office skyscraper in Manhattan that housed the influential New York Sun during the height of New York City’s print journalism era.
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E.
New York Times Building
The New York Times Building is a prominent high-rise office tower in Midtown Manhattan that serves as the headquarters of The New York Times and is noted for its modern, light-filled design.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Crown Building, New York City Target entity description: The Crown Building in New York City is a historic, ornately detailed early-20th-century skyscraper on Fifth Avenue, renowned for its distinctive gilded crown and luxury retail and office spaces.
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A.
Manhattan Municipal Building
The Manhattan Municipal Building is a landmark Beaux-Arts skyscraper in Lower Manhattan that houses numerous New York City government offices and is noted for its grand architectural design.
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B.
Tribune Building, New York City
The Tribune Building in New York City was a pioneering 19th-century skyscraper and former headquarters of the New York Tribune, designed in a richly ornamented style by architect Richard Morris Hunt.
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C.
CBS Building (Black Rock), New York City
The CBS Building, nicknamed "Black Rock," is a landmark Modernist skyscraper in New York City known for its dark granite facade and distinctive monolithic design.
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D.
New York Sun Building
The New York Sun Building was a prominent historic newspaper office skyscraper in Manhattan that housed the influential New York Sun during the height of New York City’s print journalism era.
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E.
New York Times Building
The New York Times Building is a prominent high-rise office tower in Midtown Manhattan that serves as the headquarters of The New York Times and is noted for its modern, light-filled design.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
commercial building
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historic building ⓘ mixed-use building ⓘ office building ⓘ skyscraper ⓘ |
| address | 730 Fifth Avenue ⓘ |
| architect | Warren and Wetmore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Beaux-Arts
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early 20th-century skyscraper ⓘ |
| borough | Manhattan ⓘ |
| city | New York City ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1921 ⓘ |
| contains |
Aman New York hotel
NERFINISHED
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luxury retail space ⓘ office space ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| developer | August Heckscher NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| floorCount | 26 ⓘ |
| formerName | Heckscher Building NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArchitect | Warren and Wetmore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
gilded crown
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illuminated crown ⓘ ornate façade ⓘ setbacks ⓘ |
| hasFunction | luxury commercial hub ⓘ |
| hasRenovation | conversion of upper floors to luxury hotel and residences ⓘ |
| hasViewOf | Central Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heightCategory | high-rise ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | considered a historic landmark-quality building (not official NYC landmark as of 2024) ⓘ |
| isNotableFor |
distinctive gilded crown
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ornate early-20th-century design ⓘ prime Fifth Avenue retail location ⓘ |
| locatedAtIntersectionWith | 57th Street NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Manhattan
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New York NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| locatedOn | Fifth Avenue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | its illuminated crown ⓘ |
| neighborhood | Midtown Manhattan ⓘ |
| opened | 1921 ⓘ |
| partOf | Fifth Avenue shopping district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roofMaterial | gilded copper ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| use |
hotel
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office ⓘ retail ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Crown Building, New York City Description of subject: The Crown Building in New York City is a historic, ornately detailed early-20th-century skyscraper on Fifth Avenue, renowned for its distinctive gilded crown and luxury retail and office spaces.
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