Robert Maynicke was an American architect

Architect

An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...

. The New York Times called him "a pioneer in the building of modern loft buildings."

Maynicke was born in Germany

Germany

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 and trained at Cooper Union

Cooper Union

The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, commonly referred to simply as Cooper Union, is a privately funded college in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States, located at Cooper Square and Astor Place...

. He was a partner in the firm Maynicke & Franke, whose offices were at 25 Madison Square South in New York City

New York City

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. He died at his home in Bedford Hills, New York

Bedford Hills, New York

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, called Cedarknoll, at the age of 69.

Among the most notable New York City buildings designed by him or his firm are the Guggenheimer Building on Waverly Place

Waverly Place

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, the International Toy Center

Fifth Avenue Hotel

The Fifth Avenue Hotel was a former luxury hotel located at 200 Fifth Avenue in New York City, New York from 1859 to 1908. It occupied the full Fifth Avenue frontage between 23rd Street and 24th Street, at the southwest corner of Madison Square in the borough of Manhattan.- Site and construction...

 and Sohmer Piano Building

Sohmer Piano Building

The Sohmer Piano Building, or Sohmer Building, is a Neo-classical  Beaux-Arts building located at 170 Fifth Avenue at East 22nd Street, in the Flatiron District neighborhood of the New York City borough of Manhattan, diagonally southwest of the Flatiron Building...

 on Fifth Avenue, and the Equitable Building

Equitable Building

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, which burned down in 1912.

Maynicke & Franke worked on the New York Times Building

41 Park Row

41 Park Row, often called the New York Times Building is located near New York City Hall in the New York City borough of Manhattan, was the longtime home of The New York Times, until it moved to Longacre Square, now known as Times Square...

 on Park Row with George Post

George B. Post

George Browne Post was an American architect trained in the Beaux-Arts tradition.-Biography:Post was a student of Richard Morris Hunt , but unlike many architects of his generation, he had previously received a degree in civil engineering...

, and Broadway

Broadway (New York City)

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's Goelet Building with McKim Mead & White.