Alexander Bing

Alexander M. Bing (1879 - 1959) was an American real estate developer, businessman, author, artist, art patron and philanthropist in New York City.

Bing and his brother, Leo S. Bing, were co-founders of Bing & Bing, a high-end apartment developer in the early 20th century. They often commissioned architect Emery Roth for buildings like 1000 Park Avenue (at 84th Street) in New York.

Bing was also the first president of the Regional Planning Association of America, and the primary source of funding for the City Housing Corporation, the organization behind the development of housing landmark Sunnyside Gardens in Astoria, Queens, and the planned community of Radburn, New Jersey.

Late in life Bing also started the Friends of the Whitney Museum of American Art, with David Sholinger and Roy Neuberger.