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Union Square Timeline Medallion 12
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Union Square Timeline Medallion 12
New York, New York
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Andrews/LeFevre Studios
Gregg LeFevre
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Art in the Parks - NYC Department of Parks and Recreation
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In the 1860's, 14th Street near Union Square was called "Piano Row".
Commemorated, 1860
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Piano Row, Union Square
During the turbulent Civil War years piano and organ dealers clustered along Broadway, mostly below Houston Street.
Steinway Hall - the first to move to Union Square
1874, Chickering Hall is built on the northwest corner of Fifth Avenue and 18th Street
Chickering’s planned move would instigate a migration of the piano and organ dealers.
Poet Oscar Wilde gave a lecture on January 9, 1882 crowds in Chickering Hall
Chickering Hall was demolished and replaced by an 11-story business building
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