One Grand Central Place

One Grand Central Place
Looking south from viaduct surrounding Grand Central Terminal
Location within New York City
General information
Status Complete
Type Office
Location 42nd Street between Madison and Park Avenues
Coordinates 40°45′08″N 73°58′44″W / 40.7522°N 73.9788°W / 40.7522; -73.9788Coordinates: 40°45′08″N 73°58′44″W / 40.7522°N 73.9788°W / 40.7522; -73.9788
Completed 1930
Opening 1930
Owner ESRT One Grand Central Place
Height
Roof 673 feet (205 m)[1]
Technical details
Floor count 55
Floor area 1,252,063 sq ft (116,320 m2)
Lifts/elevators 27 passenger, 2 freight
Design and construction
Architect Kenneth Norton of J.E.R. Carpenter
In 1935 (center)

One Grand Central Place (formerly known as the Lincoln Building[2]) is a high-rise office building located at 60 East 42nd Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, opposite Grand Central Terminal.

Overview

Designed in neo-gothic style by architect James Edwin Ruthven Carpenter, Jr., the 53-story skyscraper was completed in 1930.[3] At 673 feet (205 m) tall, it is (as of 2013) the 49th-tallest building in New York City, along with the Barclay Tower.

It is dwarfed by other buildings in the area, including the Chrysler Building and MetLife Building. Among the building's interesting features are the gothic windows at the top. Since 2009, the building's visitor's center has held the bronze model by Daniel Chester French of Abraham Lincoln for the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

References

  1. ↑ "One Grand Central Place". The Skyscraper Center. skyscrapercenter.com. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  2. ↑ ROBERTS, SAM (February 12, 2010). "Lincoln Loses a Tower, but He Still Has the Tunnel". The New York Times. nytimes.com. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "One Grand Central Place". Empire State Realty Trust. empirestaterealtytrust.com. Retrieved 20 January 2016.


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