570 Lexington Avenue
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| Place: | New York City , United States |
| Construction time : | 1930-1931 |
| Status : | Built |
| Architectural style : | Art deco |
| Architect : | John W. Cross |
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| Height : | 195 m |
| Floors : | 50 |
The 570 Lexington Avenue is a skyscraper in the New York borough of Manhattan . It has 50 storeys at a height of 195 meters. The architect was John W. Cross.
The building was constructed from 1930 to 1931 as an RCA Building for the Radio Corporation of America . It is particularly worth mentioning its tip, the Art Deco stylization of which is a highlight of this style. The decorations are made of stone, brick and glazed ceramic and are clearly reminiscent of the forms of European high Gothic. Some of the individual elements have a symbolic meaning: the zigzag points refer to the radio waves that are sent out by the transmitter and go around the world. As is usual with New York skyscrapers, the tip hides various technical equipment such as water tanks or elevator winches.
designation
After the RCA left the building, it was named after the new owner, General Electric Building . The RCA moved into a new building in the Rockefeller Center complex, which was later taken over again by General Electric and was named Comcast Building . To avoid confusion, the first RCA or GE building is now named after its address 570 Lexington Avenue .
literature
- Dirk Stichweh: New York Skyscrapers . Prestel Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-7913-4054-8 .
- Jutta Westmeyer (text), Laurence de Bélizal (photos): New York (DuMont visuell ). 5th edition Dumont Verlag, Cologne 2000, ISBN 3-7701-3247-5 , p. 98.
- Reinhart Wolf : New York . Gruner & Jahr Verlag, Hamburg 1980, ISBN 3-570-01774-5 , Fig. 28.
- Lester Brooks, Patricia Brooks, Susan Farewell: New York . Dorling Kindersley, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-928044-36-2 , p. 174 (reprint of the Munich edition 1993).
- Yann Arthus-Bertrand (photos), John Tauranac (text): New York from above. ("New York vu d'en haut"). Edition Knesebeck, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-89660-122-9 , pp. 76, 86, inside flap.
Individual evidence
- ^ Previous edition: New York. A portrait in aerial photographs.
- ^ English edition: New York from the air . New York 1998.
Web links
Coordinates: 40 ° 45 ′ 25.7 " N , 73 ° 58 ′ 20.5" W.