Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today unveiled a plaque at Steinway Hall, a designated New York City landmark and the home of Steinway & Sons, New York City's only remaining piano maker. New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission Chair Sherida Paulsen, Landmarks Preservation Foundation Chair Susan Ball and President and CEO of Steinway & Sons Bruce A. Stevens joined Mayor Bloomberg at Steinway Hall for the plaque dedication ceremony.

"Steinway Hall is a New York City landmark," said Mayor Bloomberg. "For 150 years Steinway & Sons has been a part of New York City. This plaque recognizes this remarkable historic building that they have maintained and preserved throughout the years."

The sixteen-story Steinway Hall was constructed in 1924-25 to the design of architects Warren & Wetmore for Steinway & Sons, the piano-manufacturing firm. Originally located in the Union Square area, Steinway & Sons relocated to its headquarters on West 57th Street after the construction of Carnegie Hall. Designed in a restrained neo-Classical style, Steinway Hall is L-shaped in plan, with a front portion clad in Indiana limestone that terminates in a setback-four-story colonnaded tower, and a central campanile-like tower with a steep pyramidal roof and large lantern. The main facade's base is embellished by a music-themed sculptural group by Leo Lantelli and by a frieze with medallion portraits of distinguished classical composer-pianists.

"We're honoring Steinway & Son's commitment to New York City," said Sherida Paulsen. "Along with our other landmarks on 57^th Street, Steinway Hall contributes to the wonderful cultural corridor in midtown."

Steinway, the city's only remaining piano maker, has continuously utilized the building's lower four stories, as well as the famed "basement" for artists' concert grand pianos. The building remains an important contribution to the West 57^th Street cultural corridor. The Landmarks Preservation Commission designated Steinway Hall a New York City landmark on November 31, 2001.