BRILL BUILDING. 1619 Broadway. Architect: Victor Bork Jr. Completed in 1930.
The Brill Building has long been the nexus of popular music in New York. The 10-story building at the corner of 49th Street and Broadway was the embodiment of Tin Pan Alley (or, as it was dubbed in the 1950s, Teen Pan Alley). The building was named after the Brill Brothers, who owned a clothing store on the ground floor. They bought the building from its owners, who went...