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Seagram Building

Address: 375 Park Ave., between E. 52nd and E. 53rd Sts., Midtown East, New York, NY, 10022 | Map It

Category: Architectural Sites
Location: Midtown

Write a review | Avg. member rating: 3.4/5

Fodor's Review:

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, a pioneer of modern architecture, built this boxlike bronze-and-glass tower in 1958. The austere facade belies its wit: I-beams, used to hold buildings up, here are merely attached to the surface, representing the idea of support. The Seagram Building's innovative ground-level plaza, extending out to the sidewalk, has since become a common element in urban skyscraper design.

Cost: Free
Open: Tours Tues. at 3
Subway: 6 to 51st St./Lexington Ave.; E, V to Lexington-3rd Aves./53rd St.

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Reviewed by bachslunch from US on 12/14/08
This is a historically important building by a world renowned architect, though it now looks like numerous of other buildings of its era and doesn't really stand out from its imitators. Maybe that's a good thing, but I came away underwhelmed.