Carnegie Hall, built by Andrew Carnegie and designed by William Burnet Tuthill, opened in 1891 in Midtown Manhattan and became one of the world’s best-known concert halls for classical and popular music. Originally called Music Hall and created for the Oratorio Society of New York and the New York Symphony Society, it helped establish West 57th Street as an artistic center. Its three performance spaces include Stern Auditorium, long home to the New York Philharmonic, as well as Zankel Hall and Weill Recital Hall. Saved from possible demolition in the 1950s by a campaign led by Isaac Stern, it endures as a major cultural and architectural landmark.

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