Building of the Day: Lever House
Oct 23, 2016
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Building of the Day: Lever House
Midtown Manhattan’s Lever House marked a watershed in U.S. architecture when completed in 1952. Located on the west side of Park Avenue between 53rd and 54th Streets, the corporate headquarters, with its facade made of blue-green glass and stainless steel mullions, was one of the first glass-walled International Style office buildings in the country. The structure consists of two intersecting masses, balanced in their proportions but contrasting in shape. A two-story horizontal block containing
Lever House 390 Park Avenue New York NY 10022