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Seagram building
Seagram building, New York
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Quick Facts
City  New York
Country  USA
Year  1954 - 1958
Height  157,3m / 516ft
Floors  38
Realisation
Architect  Mies van der Rohe
Philip Johnson
Developer  Joseph Seagram's & Sons
Building Info
Name  Seagram building
Category  Office Building
Materials  steel structure
bronze-tinted glass
Address  375 Park Avenue between 52nd and 53rd Streets
Notes
First building in New York by Mies van der Rohe.
The Seagram Building's plaza led to changes in the zoning law in 1961 allowing developers extra height in exchange for more public space.
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