Park Avenue, New York Photos

The section of Park Avenue which runs north from the MetLife Building boasts a significant selection of heritage and modern architecture. We include Lexington & streets off Park in this swath of Manhattan.

See also: New York City Landmark Squares & Streetscapes
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MetLife & Helmsley Buildings over Park Ave. MetLife & Helmsley Buildings, New York

MetLife & Helmsley Buildings.

Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (1931) (301 Park Ave. at 48th St.). Architect: Schultze & Weaver. Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (1931) by Schultze & Weaver

Waldorf-Astoria Hotel artistic marquee.

St. Bartholomew's Church (1919) (109 E. 50th St.).
Style: Byzantine. Architect: Bertram Goodhue. On National Register. St Bartholomew, New York

Byzantine dome of St. Bartholomew's Church.

RCA Victor (aka General Electric) Building (1931) (570 Lexington Ave. at 51st St.) (50 floors).
Style: Art Deco. Architect: Cross & Cross.

Colgate-Palmolive (1955 & 2000) (300 Park Ave. at E. 49th St.) (25 floors) & Mutual of America Buildings.
Architect: Emery Roth & Sons.

Mutual of America Building (1960) (320 Park Ave. at 50th St.) (34 floors).
Architect: Emery Roth & Sons + Swanke Hayden Connell Architects.

Streetscape up Park Ave. from 51st St. Seagram Building (1958) by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Racquet & Tennis Club (1918) (370 Park Ave. at 52nd St.). Style: Italian Renaissance palazzo. Architect: McKim, Mead & White.

Park Avenue Plaza Building (1981) (55 East 52nd St.) (45 floors) over Racquet & Tennis Club.
Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP.

Racquet & Tennis Club & Lever House.

Banco Santander & Lever House.

Banco Santander (1991) (45 East 53rd St.) (20 floors).
Architect: Rogers, Burgun, Shahine & Deschler, Inc.

Lever House (1952) (390 Park Ave. at 53rd St.) (21 floors).
Architect: Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP.

Lever House pioneering design using curtain walls on vertical over horizontal blocks.

Seagram Building (1958) (375 Park Ave. at 52nd St.) (38 floors).
Style: International. Architect: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.

Plaza of Seagram Building on Park Ave.

Curtain wall facade of Seagram Building.

Citibank & Seagram Building on Park Ave.

Citibank Building (1961) (399 Park Ave. at 53rd St.) (41 floors).
Architect: Kahn & Jacobs + Carson Lundin & Shaw.

875 3rd Ave. (1983) (29 floors).
Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP.

Streetscape up Lexington Ave. with concave 135 E 57th (1987) (31 floors) over Central Synagogue.
Style: Post-Modern. Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox.

Central Synagogue (1872) (652 Lexington Ave.).
Style: Moorish Revival. Architect: Henry Fernbach. On National Register. Central Synagogue, New York

Bloomberg Tower (2005) (731 Lexington Ave.) (54 floors).
Architect: Cesar Pelli & Assoc. Architects + Schuman, Lichtenstein, Claman & Efron.

Ritz Hotel Tower (1926) (109 East 57th St. at Park Ave.) (41 floors). Architect: Emery Roth & Sons + Carerre & Hastings.

Streetscape up Park Ave. from Ritz Hotel Tower on corner.

Blue windowed Banque de Paris Building (1984) (499 Park Ave. at 59th St.) (27 floors) surrounded by various highrises.
Architect: I.M. Pei.

Pavilion at base of Ritz Hotel Tower with Love sculpture on Park Ave. at 57th.

Citigroup Center known for slanted roof designed for solar panels. Citigroup Center (1977)

53rd at Third (1986) (34 floors).
Architect: Johnson / Burgee Architects. 53rd at Third (1986) by Johnson / Burgee Architects

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