Park Avenue office towers

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Park Avenue office towers are a series of prominent modernist skyscrapers in Midtown Manhattan that exemplify New York City’s postwar corporate architecture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural ensemble
collection of buildings
architecturalStyle International Style
Modernism
associatedWith commercial real estate development in Midtown Manhattan
corporate modernism
characterizedAs postwar corporate architecture
developedDuring 1950s
1960s
mid-20th century
hasBuilding 277 Park Avenue
299 Park Avenue
320 Park Avenue
345 Park Avenue
350 Park Avenue
375 Park Avenue
390 Park Avenue
399 Park Avenue
430 Park Avenue
460 Park Avenue
499 Park Avenue
JP Morgan Chase headquarters buildings on Park Avenue
Lever House
MetLife Building
Park Avenue Plaza
Bloomberg Tower
surface form: Park Avenue Tower

Seagram Building
hasFunction corporate headquarters
office building
impactOn corporate image of New York City
evolution of office skyscraper design in the United States
inCityPlanningContext urban renewal in Midtown Manhattan
influencedBy International Style skyscrapers
locatedIn Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
New York City
New York
surface form: New York State

Park Avenue
United States of America
surface form: United States
notableFor glass-and-steel curtain walls
modernist skyscraper design
setback plazas
uniform street walls
partOf Manhattan skyline
surface form: New York City skyline
servedAsModelFor later corporate skyscrapers in global cities
timePeriod postwar period
post–World War II era

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Emery Roth & Sons notableProject Park Avenue office towers
Fifth Avenue–53rd Street nearLandmark Park Avenue office towers