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Citigroup Center
Citigroup Center, New York
Quick Facts
City  New York
Country  USA
Year  1972 - 1977
Height  278,9m / 915ft
Floors  59
Surface  120.774m2 / 1,300,000sq ft
Realisation
Architect  Hugh Stubbins & Associates
Emery Roth & Sons
Engineers  Le Messurier Consultants Office of James Ruderman
Developer  Citicorp banking company
Building Info
Name  Citigroup Center
Category  Office Building
Alias  Citicorp Center
Citibank Center
Materials  steel
aluminium
reflective glass
Address  153 E 53rd St.
(corner of 54th Street and Lexington Avenue )
Notes
The tower is elevated ten stories above street level on four 17.5-foot columns to provide space for a church on ground floor.
The tower cost 175 Million dollar to construct, of which 50 million was spent on the purchase of the terrain.
First postmodern skyscraper in New York.
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