Pan Am Building, New York (as co-designer)

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commercial building high-rise building landmark modernist building office building skyscraper

The Pan Am Building in New York (now the MetLife Building) is a massive mid-20th-century modernist office skyscraper that became a prominent, controversial landmark over Park Avenue and Grand Central Terminal.

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Pan Am Building ×49

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	commercial building → high-rise building → landmark → modernist building → office building → skyscraper →
address	200 Park Avenue →
architect	Emery Roth & Sons → Pietro Belluschi → Walter Gropius →
architecturalStyle	International Style → Modernism →
borough	Manhattan →
builtOver	Grand Central Terminal → surface form: "Grand Central Terminal rail yards"
category	Skyscrapers in Manhattan →
city	New York City →
coDesigner	Emery Roth & Sons → Pietro Belluschi → Walter Gropius →
completionDate	1963 →
country	United States of America →
criticizedFor	blocking views along Park Avenue → overwhelming Grand Central Terminal →
currentName	MetLife Building →
developer	Pan American World Airways →
floorCount	59 →
formerName	Pan Am Building →
formerTenant	Pan American World Airways →
function	office space →
height	246 m → 808 ft →
locatedAbove	Grand Central Terminal →
locatedOn	Park Avenue NERFINISHED →
location	Manhattan → New York City →
majorTenant	MetLife →
material	concrete → glass curtain wall → steel →
neighborhood	Midtown Manhattan →
notableFor	controversial impact on New York skyline → location at the north end of Park Avenue → massive scale over Park Avenue →
openingDate	1963 →
owner	MetLife →
partOf	Grand Central Terminal cityscape →
region	Midtown East →
roofFeature	former helicopter landing pad →
significantPeriod	mid-20th century →

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Walter Gropius → notableWork → Pan Am Building, New York (as co-designer) →