Spend just 10 minutes surveying the interior of a New York City residential building designed by William Sofield ’83 and you’ll be treated to the prolific designer’s intimate attention to details. Inside midtown Manhattan’s 111 W. 57th St., otherwise known as the Steinway Tower due to its base being the former home of the Steinway & Sons piano store and recital hall, the residential skyscraper boasts some of Sofield’s graceful touches that share narratives beyond the aesthetic appeal: The lobby’s custom gold-and-silver-leaf murals feature depictions of elephants surrounded by ebony trees breaking out of the Central Park Zoo, in what Sofield calls an homage to the resources used to make pianos.