Legal Opinion
Carnegie Hall Corp. v. Niffenegger
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided December 3, 2007Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Jeffrey K. Oing, J.
Historical Background
Andrew Carnegie completed construction of the Carnegie Hall concert hall in 1891 and built two studio towers above the concert hall several years later. Mr. Carnegie owned the concert hall and studio towers until 1925 when they were sold to real estate developer Robert E. Simon, Jr. Mr. Simon operated the concert hall as a concert performance venue, and operated the studio towers as Mr. Carnegie did, that is, as a means of providing operating income to the concert hall through the renting of the units in the studio towers to…
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