Madison Sq Park NYC
700-foot, 50-story Renaissance-revival hotel completed in 1909 towers over Madison Square Park. Designed by Napoleon & LeBrun as on office building for The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, it was known as the Metropolitan Life Tower or Met Life Tower.
The original tower was sheathed in Tuckahoe marble, but during the unfortunate 1964 renovation, plain limestone was used to cover the tower and the East Wing, replacing the old Renaissance-revival details with a streamlined, modern look. The outside of the tower was stripped of its marble quoining, arcades, brackets, balconies and other decorative details.
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972, designated a National Historic Landmark in 1978, and a New York City landmark in 1989. MetLife no longer occupies the building. In 2011, the tower was bought by Marriott, which converted it into a luxury boutique hotel in their Edition line, which opened in 2015.
The center modern skyscraper is Madison Square Park Tower, previously 45 East 22nd Street, completed in 2017 located between Broadway and Park Avenue South in the Flatiron District neighborhood of Manhattan New York City. The building was designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and developed by Ian Bruce Eichner's Continuum Company.
The Skyscraper on the right is One Madison Park, a 621-foot, 50-story residential building completed in 2011. Designed by Cetra/Ruddy Architects, and developed by Slazer Enterprises.
Madison Sq Park NYC
700-foot, 50-story Renaissance-revival hotel completed in 1909 towers over Madison Square Park. Designed by Napoleon & LeBrun as on office building for The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, it was known as the Metropolitan Life Tower or Met Life Tower.
The original tower was sheathed in Tuckahoe marble, but during the unfortunate 1964 renovation, plain limestone was used to cover the tower and the East Wing, replacing the old Renaissance-revival details with a streamlined, modern look. The outside of the tower was stripped of its marble quoining, arcades, brackets, balconies and other decorative details.
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972, designated a National Historic Landmark in 1978, and a New York City landmark in 1989. MetLife no longer occupies the building. In 2011, the tower was bought by Marriott, which converted it into a luxury boutique hotel in their Edition line, which opened in 2015.
The center modern skyscraper is Madison Square Park Tower, previously 45 East 22nd Street, completed in 2017 located between Broadway and Park Avenue South in the Flatiron District neighborhood of Manhattan New York City. The building was designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and developed by Ian Bruce Eichner's Continuum Company.
The Skyscraper on the right is One Madison Park, a 621-foot, 50-story residential building completed in 2011. Designed by Cetra/Ruddy Architects, and developed by Slazer Enterprises.