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  1. MetLife Building
    MetLife BuildingSkyscraper in Manhattan
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  2. Architectural styleInternational
    Location200 Park Avenue · Manhattan, New York 10166 · U.S.
    Completed1963
    Site

    The MetLife Building is at 200 Park Avenue, between the two roadways of the Park Avenue Viaduct to the west and east, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. The building faces the Helmsley Building across … See more

    Architecture

    Designed in the International style by Richard Roth, Walter Gropius, and Pietro Belluschi, the MetLife Building was developed by Erwin S. Wolfson and completed in 1963 as the Pan Am Building. It is 808 fee… See more

    History

    By the 1950s, passenger volumes at Grand Central Terminal had declined dramatically from the early 20th century, and there were proposals to demolish and replace the station. The New York Central Railroad was losing mon… See more

    Reception

    When the octagonal design for 200 Park Avenue was first announced in 1959, it was controversial. Architectural historian Sibyl Moholy-Nagy wrote in Progressive Architecture magazine that the original tower plan… See more

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