General Motors Building
| General Motors Building | |
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| Sherry-Netherland Hotel (left) and the General Motors Building | |
| Basic data | |
| Place: |
New York City , United States
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| Construction time : | 1964-1968 |
| Status : | Built |
| Architectural style : | Modern |
| Architect : | Edward Durell Stone & Associates, Emery Roth & Sons |
| Use / legal | |
| Usage : | offices |
| Owner : | General Motors |
| Technical specifications | |
| Height : | 215 m |
| Height to the roof: | 215 m |
| Rank (height) : | 46th place (New York) |
| Floors : | 50 |
| Usable area : | 152,000 m² |
| Building material : | Structure: steel ; Facade: glass , aluminum |
The General Motors Building is a skyscraper in New York City .
The building was erected between 1964 and 1968 on the site of the previously demolished Savoy-Plaza Hotel on 5th Avenue in Midtown Manhattan and is 215 meters high, making it the 49th tallest building in New York City (as of 2016). It was named after its owner, the automobile manufacturer General Motors . The structure, which takes up the entire block between 5th Avenue, Madison Avenue , 58th and 59th Streets , has 50 floors. These are used almost exclusively for office space, only individual floors are reserved for technical equipment such as elevator systems. There is no public access to the building.
The floor plan of the house consists of a rectangle, from the ground floor up to and including where the structure ends with a flat roof. The load-bearing elements in both the core and the facade are made of steel. The facade was clad with glass and aluminum, which gives the building its light silver color. The construction of the building including the facade is architecturally similar to the former World Trade Center . The architects Emery Roth & Sons involved in the General Motors Building were also involved in the planning of the World Trade Center, which was built just a few years later.
The giant FAO Schwarz toy store, which is over 150 years old, is one of the tenants; There is a glass Apple store in front of the building.
In 2013, investors from the People's Republic of China and Brazil took a 40 percent share in the building; It became the most valuable building in the United States, valued at $ 3.4 billion.
See also
Web links
- SkyscraperPage : General Motors Building
- Further information from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
- About the building at the majority owner Boston Properties (Engl.)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information on the FAO Schwarz website ( Memento of the original from May 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed June 3, 2013
- ↑ Patrick McGeehan: Sell of minority stake in GM Building raises its value. nytimes.com, June 3, 2013, accessed June 3, 2013
Coordinates: 40 ° 45 ′ 48.5 " N , 73 ° 58 ′ 20.5" W.