Black Rock

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headquarters building office building skyscraper

Black Rock is the iconic black granite-clad skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan that serves as the longtime headquarters of the CBS television network.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Black Rock canonical 3

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf headquarters building ⓘ
office building ⓘ
skyscraper ⓘ
alsoKnownAs CBS Building ⓘ
CBS Headquarters ⓘ
architect Eero Saarinen ⓘ
John Dinkeloo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kevin Roche ⓘ
architecturalStyle International Style ⓘ
associatedWith American television industry ⓘ
CBS television network ⓘ
surface form: CBS Television Network
betweenStreets Fifth Avenue ⓘ
Sixth Avenue NERFINISHED ⓘ
cityBorough borough of Manhattan ⓘ
surface form: Borough of Manhattan
claddingMaterial black granite ⓘ
completionDate 1964 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1961 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
designedFor broadcast operations ⓘ
developer CBS ⓘ
elevatorCount multiple high-speed elevators ⓘ
floorCount 38 ⓘ
formerOwner CBS Corporation ⓘ
function television network headquarters ⓘ
hasFacadeColor black ⓘ
hasNickname Black Rock ⓘ
height approximately 490 feet ⓘ
location Manhattan ⓘ
Midtown Manhattan ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
material black granite ⓘ
neighborhood Midtown ⓘ
notableFeature freestanding granite-clad piers ⓘ
uniform black granite facade ⓘ
notableFor distinctive black granite exterior in Midtown Manhattan skyline ⓘ
openingDate 1964 ⓘ
owner Paramount Global ⓘ
primaryOccupant CBS ⓘ
CBS News ⓘ
CBS Sports ⓘ
roofType flat roof ⓘ
significantTenant CBS News ⓘ
surface form: CBS News division

CBS Studios ⓘ
CBS Headquarters ⓘ
surface form: CBS corporate offices
streetAddress 51 West 52nd Street ⓘ
structuralEngineer Fred Severud ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

CBS Building (Black Rock), New York City → nickname → Black Rock ⓘ
subject surface form: CBS Building
CBS Building (Black Rock), New York City → hasNickName → Black Rock ⓘ
subject surface form: CBS Building
CBS Building → alsoKnownAs → Black Rock ⓘ