MetLife Building

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high-rise building modernist building office building skyscraper

The MetLife Building is a prominent mid-20th-century modernist skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, known for its distinctive slab-like form and its location above Grand Central Terminal.

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Label Occurrences
MetLife Building canonical 12

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf high-rise building ⓘ
modernist building ⓘ
office building ⓘ
skyscraper ⓘ
architect Emery Roth & Sons ⓘ
Pietro Belluschi ⓘ
Walter Gropius ⓘ
architecturalStyle International Style ⓘ
Modernist architecture ⓘ
builtOnTopOf Grand Central Terminal ⓘ
builtOver Park Avenue ⓘ
cityLandmarkStatus prominent Midtown Manhattan landmark ⓘ
constructionStartYear 1958 ⓘ
coordinates 40.7543°N 73.9760°W ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
developer Irwin S. Chanin ⓘ
William Zeckendorf ⓘ
floorArea approximately 2800000 sq ft ⓘ
floorCount 59 ⓘ
formerLogoSignage Pan Am logo on upper facades ⓘ
hasElevators over 40 elevators ⓘ
hasFeature central service core ⓘ
helicopter landing pad (former) ⓘ
slab-like massing ⓘ
hasLogoSignage MetLife logo on upper facades ⓘ
height 246 m ⓘ
808 ft ⓘ
location Manhattan ⓘ
Midtown Manhattan ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
New York ⓘ
surface form: New York State
material concrete ⓘ
glass ⓘ
steel ⓘ
near Chrysler Building ⓘ
Helmsley Building ⓘ
openingDate 1963 ⓘ
originalName Pan Am Building ⓘ
overlooks Park Avenue Viaduct ⓘ
owner Metropolitan Life Insurance Company ⓘ
surface form: MetLife
renamedAs MetLife Building self-link ⓘ
renamingYear 1992 ⓘ
roofShape flat roof ⓘ
servedBy Grand Central–42nd Street station ⓘ
surface form: Grand Central–42nd Street subway station
streetAddress 200 Park Avenue ⓘ
tenant Metropolitan Life Insurance Company ⓘ
surface form: MetLife
uses commercial offices ⓘ
yearCompleted 1963 ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Emery Roth & Sons → notableProject → MetLife Building ⓘ
MetLife → notableBuildingNamingRights → MetLife Building ⓘ
Pan Am Building, New York (as co-designer) → currentName → MetLife Building ⓘ
subject surface form: Pan Am Building
Chrysler Building vicinity → near → MetLife Building ⓘ
Park Avenue → hasNotableBuilding → MetLife Building ⓘ
Park Avenue Viaduct → passesBy → MetLife Building ⓘ
Pan Am Building → currentName → MetLife Building ⓘ
MetLife Building → renamedAs → MetLife Building self-link ⓘ
Park Avenue office towers → hasBuilding → MetLife Building ⓘ
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company → owned → MetLife Building ⓘ
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company → soldAsset → MetLife Building ⓘ
Midtown East → hasLandmark → MetLife Building ⓘ