888_Seventh_Avenue

888 Seventh Avenue

888 Seventh Avenue

Office skyscraper in Manhattan, New York


888 Seventh Avenue is a 628 ft (191m) tall modern-style office[2] skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan which was completed in 1969[3] and has 46 floors.[4] Emery Roth & Sons designed the building. 888 Seventh Avenue is L-shaped in plan, with wings extending north to 57th Street and east to Seventh Avenue, around the adjacent Rodin Studios.[5] It currently carries the Vornado Realty Trust corporate headquarters. Previously known as the Arlen Building, it had been named for the company responsible for its construction, Arlen Realty & Development Corporation.[6] The Red Eye Grill is located in the building at street level.

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Moed de Armas renovated the Lobby, Elevators & Plaza in 2006, cladding them with white marble. The HVAC was also extensively renovated and the building was later given gold certification by the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.[7]

The building is assigned its own ZIP Code, 10106; it was one of 41 buildings in Manhattan that had their own ZIP Codes as of 2019.[8]

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References

  1. "888 7th Avenue". Skyscraper Center. CTBUH. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
  2. GmbH, Emporis. "888 7th Avenue, New York City | 115498 | EMPORIS". www.emporis.com. Archived from the original on May 14, 2015. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
  3. "888 SEVENTH AVENUE | Vornado Realty Trust". www.vno.com. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
  4. "888 Seventh Avenue". SkyscraperPage. Archived from the original on November 24, 2007.
  5. "News of Realty: 7th Ave. Project: Work Will Start Today on 45-story Office Building". The New York Times. August 7, 1968. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  6. "888 7th Avenue". Open Buildings. Archived from the original on April 27, 2014. Retrieved April 15, 2013.
  7. "888 7th Ave, New York City | 42Floors". 42floors.com. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
  8. Brown, Nicole (March 18, 2019). "Why do some buildings have their own ZIP codes? NYCurious". amNewYork. Retrieved July 8, 2022.

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