CONTEMPORARY NY
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1 Penn Plaza

architect

Kahn & Jacobs

location

between 7th and 8th Avenues and West 33rd and 34th Streets  

date

1972

style

International Style II  

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.

type

Office Building

 

 
  Image- with special thanks to Rick Stasel

 

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notes

see also Madison Square Garden Center

contact

nyc-architecture.com