MetLife Building
Also PanAm Building and 200 Park Ave
NY
WorkplaceArchitect
Emery Roth & Sons
The Architects Collaborative (TAC)
Pietro Belluschi
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The MetLife Building is a skyscraper in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Designed in the International style by Richard Roth, Walter Gropius, and Pietro Belluschi, the MetLife Building is 808 feet (246 m) tall with 59 stories. It was advertised as the world's largest commercial office space by square footage at its opening, with 2.4 million square feet (220,000 m2) of usable office space. As of 2021, the MetLife Building remains one of the 100 tallest buildings in the United States. Originally built as the headquarters for Pan American Airways, this 59-story octagonal-plan skyscraper straddles Park Ave. and dominates the air space of Grand Central and the Helmsley Building. At the time of its opening, the PanAm building had the most square-footage of office space in the world.
The MetLife Building is a skyscraper in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Designed in the International style by Richard Roth, Walter Gropius, and Pietro Belluschi, the MetLife Building is 808 feet (246 m) tall with 59 stories. It was advertised as the world's largest commercial office space by square footage at its opening, with 2.4 million square feet (220,000 m2) of usable office space. As of 2021, the MetLife Building remains one of the 100 tallest buildings in the United States. Originally built as the headquarters for Pan American Airways, this 59-story octagonal-plan skyscraper straddles Park Ave. and dominates the air space of Grand Central and the Helmsley Building. At the time of its opening, the PanAm building had the most square-footage of office space in the world.
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The Art & Architecture of Park Avenue from Lever to Grand Central
The Art & Architecture of Park Avenue from Lever to Grand Central
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| Helicopter Accident | 124 feet |
| Helmsley Building | 286 feet |
| Publication of Atlas Shrugged | 409 feet |
| Salvatore Maranzano Murdered | 410 feet |
| Trouble the Dog | 410 feet |
| Pan Am Lease Signed | 497 feet |
| Puttin' On the Ritz | 926 feet |
| East Side Access | 926 feet |
| Grand Central Terminal | 928 feet |
