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Metropolitan Tower (Manhattan)

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The Metropolitan Tower is a 68-story, 716 ft (218 m) residential skyscraper in Manhattan, New York City, standing at 146 West 57th Street. The building has 235 apartment units.[1]

Metropolitan Tower
Metropolitan Tower (left) and Carnegie Hall Tower (right)
Map
General information
Location146 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019
Construction started1984
Completed1987
OwnerMacklowe Properties
Height
Roof218.2 m (716 ft)
Technical details
Floor count68
The Metropolitan and Carnegie Hall Towers, upper-left corner

The tower is designed by Schuman, Lichtenstein, Claman & Efron and could be described as an international style tower, but it was described as postmodern , because it features setbacks and triangular shapes, dark glass and a sculpted base.[2] The structure consists of a 48 story triangular tower ( whose longer edge points to Central Park) on top of a 20 story rectangular base. The tower is owned by Macklowe Properties. Apart from the main entrance on 57th Street there is also an entrance located on 56th Street.

Construction started in 1984, and was finished in 1987. The tower caused minor discontent, because it blocked sight lines of Central Park. Critics' attention would turn, after the appearance of its taller neighbors, such as the CitySpire Center in 1989, the Carnegie Hall Tower in 1991 and One57 in 2014. The Metropolitan Tower is less than 10 meters from Carnegie Hall Tower, separated by the Russian Tea Room.

See also

References

  1. ^ Douglas, George H. Skyscrapers a Social History of the Very Tall Building in America. Jefferson (N.C.): McFarland, 2004.
  2. ^ Landau, Sarah Bradford, and Carl W. Condit. Rise of the New York Skyscraper, 1865-1913. New Haven: Yale UP, 1996.
 
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