City College of New York main building

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Collegiate Gothic building academic building architectural work landmark university building

The City College of New York main building is a landmark Collegiate Gothic structure in Manhattan, renowned as the historic centerpiece of the City College campus and a significant work of late 19th-century American architecture.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
City College of New York campus	8
City College of New York buildings	2
City College of New York main building canonical	2
City College of New York main campus	1
North Campus of the City College of New York	1
Shepard Hall of City College of New York	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7954775 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: City College of New York main building
Context triple: [George B. Post, notableWork, City College of New York main building]

A. Columbia University Midtown campus
Columbia University Midtown campus was a former urban campus of Columbia University located in Midtown Manhattan before the university consolidated its main academic operations in Morningside Heights.
B. Brown Building at New York University
The Brown Building at New York University is a historic Greenwich Village structure best known as the site of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, a pivotal event in U.S. labor and fire safety reform.
C. Columbia University School of Law building
The Columbia University School of Law building is a modern academic facility in New York City designed by architect Romaldo Giurgola to house Columbia Law School’s classrooms, offices, and legal research spaces.
D. Cooper Union Foundation Building
The Cooper Union Foundation Building is a historic 19th-century academic structure in Manhattan’s East Village, renowned as the original home of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art and a landmark of American higher education and public discourse.
E. Columbia University Low Memorial Library
Columbia University Low Memorial Library is a monumental Beaux-Arts building on Columbia University's Morningside Heights campus that serves as an iconic architectural centerpiece and former main library of the university.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: City College of New York main building
Target entity description: The City College of New York main building is a landmark Collegiate Gothic structure in Manhattan, renowned as the historic centerpiece of the City College campus and a significant work of late 19th-century American architecture.

A. Columbia University Midtown campus
Columbia University Midtown campus was a former urban campus of Columbia University located in Midtown Manhattan before the university consolidated its main academic operations in Morningside Heights.
B. Brown Building at New York University
The Brown Building at New York University is a historic Greenwich Village structure best known as the site of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, a pivotal event in U.S. labor and fire safety reform.
C. Columbia University School of Law building
The Columbia University School of Law building is a modern academic facility in New York City designed by architect Romaldo Giurgola to house Columbia Law School’s classrooms, offices, and legal research spaces.
D. Cooper Union Foundation Building
The Cooper Union Foundation Building is a historic 19th-century academic structure in Manhattan’s East Village, renowned as the original home of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art and a landmark of American higher education and public discourse.
E. Columbia University Low Memorial Library
Columbia University Low Memorial Library is a monumental Beaux-Arts building on Columbia University's Morningside Heights campus that serves as an iconic architectural centerpiece and former main library of the university.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Collegiate Gothic building ⓘ academic building ⓘ architectural work ⓘ landmark ⓘ university building ⓘ
architecturalPeriod	late Victorian era ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Collegiate Gothic ⓘ
campusRole	iconic image of City College of New York ⓘ symbolic centerpiece of City College of New York ⓘ
category	Gothic Revival architecture in New York City ⓘ Landmarks in Manhattan ⓘ University and college buildings in Manhattan ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
era	late 19th century ⓘ
function	higher education ⓘ
hasFeature	buttresses ⓘ crenellated roofline ⓘ gothic arches ⓘ ornamental tracery ⓘ towers ⓘ turrets ⓘ
heritageStatus	New York City Landmark ⓘ listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
locatedIn	City College of New York campus ⓘ Hamilton Heights ⓘ Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ New York State ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
material	granite ⓘ limestone trim ⓘ stone ⓘ
ownedBy	City College of New York ⓘ City University of New York ⓘ
partOf	City College of New York ⓘ City University of New York ⓘ
significance	historic centerpiece of the City College campus ⓘ important example of late 19th-century American architecture ⓘ notable example of Collegiate Gothic style in the United States ⓘ
use	academic administration ⓘ classrooms ⓘ offices ⓘ

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