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New York Architecture
Images- Midtown 1 Penn Plaza |
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architect |
Kahn & Jacobs |
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location |
between 7th and 8th Avenues and West 33rd and 34th Streets |
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1972 |
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International Style II |
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construction |
Built of structural steel and concrete,
its facade is a curtain wall of steel and gray solar glass punctuated by
columns of anodized aluminum. The 57-storey black glass tower slab rises to 229 m, dominating the immediate neighbourhood; it's also the fourth-largest office building in the city. |
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Office Building |
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| Image- with special thanks to Rick Stasel | |
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notes |
see also Madison Square Garden Center |