New York Life Building

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headquarters building historic building office building skyscraper

The New York Life Building is a historic skyscraper in Manhattan known for its distinctive gilded pyramidal roof and role as the headquarters of the New York Life Insurance Company.

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Label Occurrences
New York Life Building canonical 6
New York Life Tower 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf headquarters building ⓘ
historic building ⓘ
office building ⓘ
skyscraper ⓘ
address 51 Madison Avenue ⓘ
architect Cass Gilbert ⓘ
architecturalStyle Neo-Gothic architecture ⓘ
borough Manhattan ⓘ
builtFor New York Life Insurance Company ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1926 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
developer New York Life Insurance Company ⓘ
floorCount 40 ⓘ
hasDesignation New York City Landmark ⓘ
hasFeature Gothic ornamentation ⓘ
gilded pyramidal roof ⓘ
limestone facade ⓘ
setbacks ⓘ
hasNickname New York Life Building ⓘ
surface form: New York Life Tower
headquartersOf New York Life Insurance Company ⓘ
height approximately 187 meters ⓘ
approximately 615 feet ⓘ
landmarkDesignationBy New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission ⓘ
landmarkDesignationYear 2000 ⓘ
locatedIn Manhattan ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
New York State ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
neighborhood NoMad ⓘ
notableFor distinctive gilded pyramidal roof ⓘ
role as headquarters of New York Life Insurance Company ⓘ
NRHPStatus contributing property to Madison Square North Historic District ⓘ
occupant New York Life Insurance Company ⓘ
openingDate 1928 ⓘ
overlooks Madison Square Park ⓘ
partOf Madison Square North Historic District ⓘ
replaced Madison Square Garden ⓘ
surface form: Madison Square Garden (original)
roofFeature gilded roof ⓘ
roofMaterial gold-colored tiles ⓘ
roofShape pyramidal roof ⓘ
structuralSystem steel frame ⓘ
use commercial offices ⓘ
corporate headquarters ⓘ
yearCompleted 1928 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Flatiron District → hasLandmark → New York Life Building ⓘ
Cass Gilbert & Partners → notableWork → New York Life Building ⓘ
Madison Square Park → hasViewOf → New York Life Building ⓘ
Madison Square Park → nearby → New York Life Building ⓘ
23rd Street → hasBuilding → New York Life Building ⓘ
NoMad → hasLandmarkNearby → New York Life Building ⓘ
New York Life Building → hasNickname → New York Life Building ⓘ
this entity surface form: New York Life Tower