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Metlife Building
Metlife Building, New York
Quick Facts
City  New York
Country  USA
Year  1963
Height  246,3m / 808ft
Floors  58
Surface  36.297m2 / 390,700sq ft
Realisation
Architect  Emery Roth & Sons
Walter Gropius
Pietro Belluschi
Developer  Pan American World Airways
Building Info
Name  Metlife Building
Category  Office Building
Alias  Pan Am building
Materials  steel
precast concrete panels
glass
Address  200 Park Avenue
Notes
The Heliport on the roof was closed after a helicopter fell off the roof, killing 5 people in 1977.
Pan Am sold the building to the insurance company Metlife in 1981 for $400 million.
One of the most hated buildings by New Yorkers.
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