550 Madison Avenue

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landmark office building postmodern building skyscraper

550 Madison Avenue is a landmark postmodern skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, originally designed by Philip Johnson and John Burgee as the headquarters for AT&T and later associated with Sony.

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Label Occurrences
550 Madison Avenue canonical 4

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf landmark ⓘ
office building ⓘ
postmodern building ⓘ
skyscraper ⓘ
architect John Burgee ⓘ
Philip Johnson ⓘ
architecturalStyle Postmodern architecture ⓘ
borough Manhattan ⓘ
category Postmodern architecture in New York City ⓘ
Skyscrapers in Manhattan ⓘ
cityLandmarkStatus New York City Landmark ⓘ
completionDate 1984 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
developer AT&T ⓘ
floorCount 37 ⓘ
formerName AT&T Building ⓘ
Sony Building ⓘ
Sony Tower ⓘ
formerTenant AT&T ⓘ
Sony ⓘ
surface form: Sony Corporation of America

Sony Music Entertainment ⓘ
Sony Pictures Entertainment ⓘ
formerUse corporate headquarters ⓘ
height 197 m ⓘ
647 ft ⓘ
landmarkDesignationBy New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission ⓘ
landmarkDesignationScope exterior ⓘ
landmarkDesignationType individual landmark ⓘ
location Manhattan ⓘ
Midtown Manhattan ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
material pink granite ⓘ
neighborhood Plaza District ⓘ
notableFeature arched entryway ⓘ
broken pediment crown ⓘ
granite-clad facade ⓘ
notableFor controversial reception among modernist critics ⓘ
iconic postmodern design ⓘ
openingDate 1984 ⓘ
originalClient AT&T ⓘ
owner Olayan Group ⓘ
postalCode 10022 ⓘ
publicSpace adjacent public garden ⓘ
renovation lobby renovation in the 2010s ⓘ
roofShape chippendale top ⓘ
streetAddress 550 Madison Avenue self-link ⓘ
use office ⓘ
retail ⓘ

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

Sony Tower → formerName → 550 Madison Avenue ⓘ
Sony Tower → streetAddress → 550 Madison Avenue ⓘ
AT&T Building → currentName → 550 Madison Avenue ⓘ
550 Madison Avenue → streetAddress → 550 Madison Avenue self-link ⓘ