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Quick Facts

City	New York
Country	USA
Year	1909
Height	213,0m / 699ft
Floors	51

Realisation

Architect	Napoleon Le Brun & Sons (Pierre Lebrun)
Developer	John Rogers Hegemann

Building Info

Name	Metropolitan life insurance tower
Category	Office Building
Materials	steel limestone
Address	1 Madison Ave.

Notes

Highest building in the world 1909-1913.
Renovated in 1964, when the marble cladding was replaced by limestone.
Built after the campanile of St'. Mark's in Venice.