Midtown, 56th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues

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I shot this building because it is old and small and good looking.  Then later I learned the sad story of the Joseph Patelson Music House. It has apparently been closed for over a year, victim of the economy and the internet.  Sad, because it has been at this location since 1947, and being located across the street from Carnegie Hall's backstage entrance, has long been a hangout for visiting musicians as well as local music lovers.  The Times has a good story, worth a look.





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And here is the back of Carnegie Hall at Seventh Avenue.  We saw the front in February 2008.