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| Brill Building | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Office building |
| Location | 1619 Broadway, Manhattan, New York |
| Coordinates | 40°45′40″N 73°59′04″W / 40.7611°N 73.9845°W |
| Opening | 1931 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 11 |
| Floor area | 175,000 sq ft (16,300 m2) |
| Design and construction | |
| Developer | Victor Bark Jr. |
| Main contractor | Abraham E. Lefcourt |
| Designated | March 23, 2010 |
| Reference no. | 2387 |
The Brill Building is an office building at 1619 Broadway on 49th Street in the New York City borough of Manhattan, just north of Times Square and farther uptown from the historic musical Tin Pan Alley neighborhood. It was built in 1931 as the Alan E. Lefcourt Building, after the son of its builder Abraham E. Lefcourt, and designed by Victor Bark Jr.[1][2] The building is 11 stories high and has approximately 175,000 square feet (16,300 m2) of rentable area.
The Brill Building is famous for housing music industry offices and studios where some of the most popular American songs were written. It is considered to have been the center of the American music industry that dominated the pop charts in the early 1960s.[3] The "Brill" name comes from Maurice Brill, a haberdasher who operated a store at street level and subsequently bought the building. The Brill Building was purchased by 1619 Broadway Realty LLC in June 2013 and underwent renovation during the 2010s. A CVS Pharmacy opened on the first two floors of the building in 2019.[1]
- ^ a b Gray, Christopher, "Streetscapes: The Brill Building: Built With a Broken Heart", The New York Times, December 30, 2009.
- ^ New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, "Brill Building" Archived July 15, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, New York City, March 23, 2010
- ^ D.H. (October 16, 2017). "The first biography of George Martin, the Beatles' only producer". The Economist.