Met Life Complex
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower was designed by the architectural firm of Napoleon LeBrun & Sons. The tower is modeled after the Campanile in Venice, Italy.
The original tower was sheathed in Tuckahoe marble, but during the 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. Much of the building's original ornamentation was removed.
Met Life Complex
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower was designed by the architectural firm of Napoleon LeBrun & Sons. The tower is modeled after the Campanile in Venice, Italy.
The original tower was sheathed in Tuckahoe marble, but during the 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. Much of the building's original ornamentation was removed.