1552 Broadway, also known as the I. Miller Building, is a commercial structure on Times Square in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Located at the northeast corner of Broadway and 46th Street, the building was designed by Louis H. Friedland, with sculptures by Alexander Stirling Calder. The current building, designed for shoe retailer I. Miller, dates to 1926 and was combined from two 19th-century brownstone residences on the site. It contains decorative elements from several styles.
Seen from the southwest
Broadway facade
Detail of the second bay from west, flanked by the Ethel Barrymore and Marilyn Miller niches
View from 46th Street
Alexander Stirling Calder
Alexander Stirling Calder was an American sculptor and teacher. He was the son of sculptor Alexander Milne Calder and the father of sculptor Alexander (Sandy) Calder. His best-known works are George Washington as President on the Washington Square Arch in New York City, the Swann Memorial Fountain in Philadelphia, and the Leif Eriksson Memorial in Reykjavík, Iceland.
A. Stirling Calder at work on the Star Maiden (1913). Audrey Munson was the model.
Swann Memorial Fountain (1920–1924), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Leif Eriksson Memorial (1929–1932), Reykjavík, Iceland
Image: Statue of Samuel D. Gross