Sheldon Solow

President, Solow Building Company

Sheldon H. Solow, a Manhattan real estate developer who built a commercial and residential empire from scratch over a half-century, but left his son to finish his crowning project, a line of towers down the East River from the United Nations complex, died on Tuesday November 17 2020 in Manhattan. He was 92. His wife, Mia Fonssagrives Solow, confirmed the death, at Weill Cornell Medical Center, but did not specify a cause. New York City developer owes his fortune to one building: iconic 9 West 57th Street. One of Manhattan's premier office buildings, with panoramic views of Central Park and Midtown; home to several high-profile financial firms, including KKR; commands rents of up to $200 per square foot. Also owns several apartment buildings on Upper East Side. Received city approval in March for $4 billion plan to redevelop 9.8 acres of former Con Edison land along Manhattan's East River. Recently donated land to aid expansion of NYU's Institute of Fine Arts. Sheldon Henry Solow was born in Brooklyn on July 20, 1928, to Isaac and Jennie (Brill) Solow. His father was a bricklayer who developed homes in Brooklyn but lost them during the Great Depression, forcing him to return to masonry work. Sheldon and his sisters, Renee and Rosalie, attended public schools in Brooklyn. After attending New York University for a year, he quit to try real estate. Mr. Solow married Ms. Fonssagrives, a sculptor and jewelry designer, in 1972. Besides his wife and his son Stefan, he is survived by another son, Nikolai Solow, and 13 grandchildren.

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George S Kaufman	Kirsten Gillibrand, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Nita M Lowey, Carolyn Maloney, Chuck Schumer, Arlen Specter, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Al D’Amato, Susan Molinari, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican County Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, New York State Democratic Committee, Solutions America PAC, George H W Bush, Eliot Spitzer, Andrew Cuomo, Robert Abrams, Eric T Schneiderman, Ted Stevens, Scott Stringer, Cyrus Vance Jr, Kathleen Rice, Jonathan Bing, NYS Senate Republican Campaign Committee, Kathleen Rice Victory Fund
Leonard Litwin	Kirsten Gillibrand, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Nita M Lowey, Carolyn Maloney, Chuck Schumer, Arlen Specter, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Al D’Amato, Susan Molinari, Claiborne Pell, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican County Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, New York State Democratic Committee, Solutions America PAC, George H W Bush, Eliot Spitzer, Andrew Cuomo, Robert Abrams, Marty Russo, Scott Stringer, Kathleen Rice, Carl E Heastie, Jonathan Bing, NYS Senate Republican Campaign Committee, Westchester Republican County Committee
William C Rudin	Kirsten Gillibrand, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Nita M Lowey, Carolyn Maloney, Chuck Schumer, Arlen Specter, Ted Stevens, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Al D’Amato, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican County Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, New York State Democratic Committee, Reuniting Our Country PAC, Solutions America PAC, George H W Bush, Eliot Spitzer, Andrew Cuomo, Marty Russo, Scott Stringer, Cyrus Vance Jr, Kathleen Rice, NYS Senate Republican Campaign Committee, Senate Victory '94
John Catsimatidis	Kirsten Gillibrand, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Nita M Lowey, Carolyn Maloney, Chuck Schumer, Arlen Specter, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Al D’Amato, Claiborne Pell, Rudy Giuliani, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, Bob Graham, New York State Democratic Committee, George H W Bush, Eliot Spitzer, Andrew Cuomo, Robert Abrams, Eric T Schneiderman, Marty Russo, Scott Stringer, Cyrus Vance Jr, Kathleen Rice, Carl E Heastie, NYS Senate Republican Campaign Committee
Leonard A Lauder	Kirsten Gillibrand, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Nita M Lowey, Carolyn Maloney, Chuck Schumer, Arlen Specter, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Al D’Amato, Harris Wofford, Robert W. Kasten, Jr., Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican County Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Solutions America PAC, George H W Bush, Steve Forbes, Eliot Spitzer, Andrew Cuomo, Robert Abrams, Eric T Schneiderman, Scott Stringer, Cyrus Vance Jr, Kathleen Rice, Jonathan Bing, NYS Senate Republican Campaign Committee
Kenneth J Bialkin	Kirsten Gillibrand, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Nita M Lowey, Carolyn Maloney, Chuck Schumer, Arlen Specter, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Al D’Amato, Claiborne Pell, Harris Wofford, Robert W. Kasten, Jr., Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican County Committee, Democratic National Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, Bob Graham, Solutions America PAC, George H W Bush, Eliot Spitzer, Robert Abrams, Eric T Schneiderman, Ted Stevens, Cyrus Vance Jr, Kathleen Rice, NYS Senate Republican Campaign Committee
Donald Trump	Kirsten Gillibrand, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Carolyn Maloney, Chuck Schumer, Arlen Specter, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Al D’Amato, Susan Molinari, Rudy Giuliani, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, Bob Graham, New York State Democratic Committee, Solutions America PAC, Eliot Spitzer, Andrew Cuomo, Eric T Schneiderman, Ted Stevens, Kathleen Rice, Jonathan Bing, NYS Senate Republican Campaign Committee, Senate Victory '94, Westchester Republican County Committee
David C Rich	Kirsten Gillibrand, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Nita M Lowey, Carolyn Maloney, Chuck Schumer, Arlen Specter, Major Robert Odell Owens, Amory Houghton Jr, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Al D’Amato, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, New York State Democratic Committee, Eliot Spitzer, Andrew Cuomo, Eric T Schneiderman, Scott Stringer, Kathleen Rice, Carl E Heastie, Jonathan Bing, Senate Victory '94
Howard J Rubenstein	Kirsten Gillibrand, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Nita M Lowey, Carolyn Maloney, Chuck Schumer, Arlen Specter, Major Robert Odell Owens, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Al D’Amato, Susan Molinari, Claiborne Pell, Robert W. Kasten, Jr., Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican County Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, Bob Graham, New York State Democratic Committee, Solutions America PAC, Andrew Cuomo, Robert Abrams
Jerry Speyer	Kirsten Gillibrand, Joe Lieberman, Nita M Lowey, Chuck Schumer, Arlen Specter, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Al D’Amato, Claiborne Pell, Robert W. Kasten, Jr., Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican County Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, Solutions America PAC, Eliot Spitzer, Andrew Cuomo, Robert Abrams, Eric T Schneiderman, Ted Stevens, Scott Stringer, Cyrus Vance Jr, Kathleen Rice, NYS Senate Republican Campaign Committee
Douglas D Durst	Kirsten Gillibrand, Frank Lautenberg, Nita M Lowey, Carolyn Maloney, Chuck Schumer, Arlen Specter, Ted Stevens, Al D’Amato, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican County Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, New York State Democratic Committee, Solutions America PAC, Eliot Spitzer, Eric T Schneiderman, Ted Stevens, Scott Stringer, Cyrus Vance Jr, Jonathan Bing, NYS Senate Republican Campaign Committee
Jeffrey R Gural	Kirsten Gillibrand, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Nita M Lowey, Carolyn Maloney, Chuck Schumer, Al D’Amato, Rudy Giuliani, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, New York State Democratic Committee, Solutions America PAC, Eliot Spitzer, Andrew Cuomo, Robert Abrams, Eric T Schneiderman, Scott Stringer, Cyrus Vance Jr, Kathleen Rice, Carl E Heastie, NYS Senate Republican Campaign Committee
Steven Roth	Kirsten Gillibrand, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Carolyn Maloney, Chuck Schumer, Al D’Amato, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican County Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, New York State Democratic Committee, Reuniting Our Country PAC, Solutions America PAC, Eliot Spitzer, Andrew Cuomo, Robert Abrams, Eric T Schneiderman, Scott Stringer, Cyrus Vance Jr, NYS Senate Republican Campaign Committee
E John Rosenwald, Jr	Kirsten Gillibrand, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Nita M Lowey, Carolyn Maloney, Chuck Schumer, Arlen Specter, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Al D’Amato, Claiborne Pell, Robert W. Kasten, Jr., Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, George H W Bush, Steve Forbes, Robert Abrams, Marty Russo, Cyrus Vance Jr, Jonathan Bing, NYS Senate Republican Campaign Committee
Bernice Manocherian	Kirsten Gillibrand, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Nita M Lowey, Carolyn Maloney, Chuck Schumer, Arlen Specter, Major Robert Odell Owens, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Susan Molinari, Claiborne Pell, Harris Wofford, Robert W. Kasten, Jr., Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Bob Graham, New York State Democratic Committee, Eliot Spitzer, Eric T Schneiderman, Ted Stevens, Senate Victory '94
Lewis Rudin	Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Nita M Lowey, Carolyn Maloney, Chuck Schumer, Arlen Specter, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Al D’Amato, Alan Simpson, Harris Wofford, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican County Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, New York State Democratic Committee, George H W Bush, Marty Russo, Ted Stevens, NYS Senate Republican Campaign Committee, Senate Victory '94
Bruce Slovin	Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Nita M Lowey, Carolyn Maloney, Chuck Schumer, Arlen Specter, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Al D’Amato, Harris Wofford, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican County Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, New York State Democratic Committee, Solutions America PAC, Eliot Spitzer, Robert Abrams, Scott Stringer, Jonathan Bing, Senate Victory '94
Michael Bloomberg	Joe Lieberman, Nita M Lowey, Carolyn Maloney, Chuck Schumer, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Rudy Giuliani, New York Republican County Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, Reuniting Our Country PAC, Solutions America PAC, George H W Bush, Steve Forbes, Eliot Spitzer, Robert Abrams, Scott Stringer, Kathleen Rice, Carl E Heastie, Jonathan Bing, NYS Senate Republican Campaign Committee
Howard P Milstein	Kirsten Gillibrand, Joe Lieberman, Nita M Lowey, Carolyn Maloney, Chuck Schumer, Arlen Specter, Al D’Amato, Rudy Giuliani, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, Reuniting Our Country PAC, Solutions America PAC, Eliot Spitzer, Andrew Cuomo, Robert Abrams, Eric T Schneiderman, Marty Russo, Scott Stringer, Kathleen Rice, Jonathan Bing, NYS Senate Republican Campaign Committee
Tonio Burgos	Kirsten Gillibrand, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Lieberman, Nita M Lowey, Carolyn Maloney, Chuck Schumer, Arlen Specter, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Al D’Amato, Harris Wofford, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic National Committee, New York Republican Federal Campaign Committee, New York State Democratic Committee, Eliot Spitzer, Andrew Cuomo, Eric T Schneiderman, Scott Stringer, Kathleen Rice, Jonathan Bing, NYS Senate Republican Campaign Committee

Types	Person, Business Person
Gender	Male
Birthday	Jul 20 '28
Date of death	Nov 17 '20

Sheldon Solow

President, Solow Building Company

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