Pan Am Building (New York, N.Y.) : Close view looking up the tower, from the southwest corner, with Grand Central Station in the foreground
- Creator:
- Belluschi, Pietro, 1899-1994
Emery Roth & Sons, American architectural firm, ca. 1949-1990
Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969 - Published/Created:
- 200 Park AvenueNew York, New York, United States
1962-1963 - Physical Description:
- 808 ft (height)
- Date Depicted:
- ca. 1990's
1950 AD - 2010 AD - Materials:
- concrete
glass - Notes:
- The Pan Am Building was the largest commercial office building in the world when it opened on March 7, 1963. It is an important part of the Manhattan skyline and one of the fifty tallest buildings in the United States. Belluschi, Dean of Architecture and
- Variant Titles:
- MetLife Building
- Topics:
- Architecture -- United States -- 20th century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Modern
Modernist - Culture:
- American
- Accession Number:
- 1A1-GW-PA-A4
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
office buildings (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- architectural exteriors; business, commerce and trade construction buildings; multistory buildings; high-rise buildings; skyscrapers; buildings; office buildings
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Base Collection
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
ca. 1990's - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4152
- OID:
- 10088614
- PID:
- digcoll:2322865