Current Status: Completed
MetLife Building Vital Stats
Address: 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166 (Community Board 5)
Type: Commercial
Name: MetLife Building; Pan Am Building
Construction: Begun 1960; Completed 1963
Design Architect: Emory Roth & Sons; Pietro Belluschi
Executive Architect: _
Developer: _
Builder: _
Height: 808 feet (246 meters); 59 stories
Total Construction Floor Area: 2,841,511 square feet; 263,985 square meters
Site Area: 1,540,701 square feet; 143,136 square meters
Filed prior to July 2009, there are no Zoning Diagrams scanned for this project.
Loopholes Exploited:
Read through our blog below for more information on Supertalls.
The Right Rights
As reported in the New York Times, neighbors of an Extell Properties owned corner lot on West 17th street banded together to purchase and "bank" air rights over the neighboring development in order to protect their views. In "How Much is a View Worth in Manhattan? Try...
The MTA is not to blame!
When GOTHAMIST reported a deluge "Video: Subway Platform Flash Flood Knocks Man To The Ground" at the 23rd/Ely aka Court Square station, several commenters were jaded, or furious. Personally, one had to question why the videographer was recording and not helping the...
MBPO hosts DCP hearing on Loopholes – This Thursday at 6:30pm
LANDMARK WEST! has been tirelessly advocating for the closure of LOOPHOLES which yield SUPERTALLS. Despite this new typology sprouting up for years, the Department of City Planning (DCP) relies on decades- old regulations that never envisioned buildings of this...
Contact Information
Sean Khorsandi
Executive Director
LANDMARK WEST!
LandmarkWest@LandmarkWest.org
45 West 67th Street New York, NY 10023
212-496-8110
