The MetLife Building is a skyscraper at Park Avenue and 45th Street, north of Grand Central Terminal, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Designed in the International style by Richard Roth, Walter Gropius, and Pietro Belluschi and completed in 1962, the MetLife Building is 808 feet (246 m) tall with 59 stories. It was advertised as the world's largest commercial office space by square footage at its opening, with 2.4 million square feet (220,000 m2) of usable office space. As of November 2022, the MetLife Building remains one of the 100 tallest buildings in the United States.
Seen from the south in 2005
West facade from 44th Street
Rooftop view from One Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt Avenue entrance arcade
Park Avenue is a boulevard in New York City that carries north and southbound traffic in the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx. For most of the road's length in Manhattan, it runs parallel to Madison Avenue to the west and Lexington Avenue to the east. Park Avenue's entire length was formerly called Fourth Avenue; the title still applies to the section between Cooper Square and 14th Street. The avenue is called Union Square East between 14th and 17th Streets, and Park Avenue South between 17th and 32nd Streets.
Looking south from 52nd Street, facing the MetLife Building and Helmsley Building in the background with St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church and Waldorf Astoria New York to the left
Park Avenue on the Upper East Side
The railroad tunnel in 1941
Park Avenue in Belmont, Bronx, near Fordham Plaza.