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500 Fifth Avenue

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Type
  
Office

Roof
  
709 feet (216 m)

Height
  
216 m

Opened
  
1931

Architecture firm
  
Shreve, Lamb & Harmon

Completed
  
1931

Floor count
  
60

Floors
  
59

Owner
  
Broadway

Construction started
  
1929

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Location
  
New York City, United States

Floor area
  
20,893 sq ft (1,941.0 m)

Similar
  
383 Madison Avenue, 60 Wall Street, One Grand Central Place, McGraw‑Hill Building, 277 Park Avenue

500 Fifth Avenue, located between West 42nd and 43rd Streets in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, is a 60-floor, 709-foot (216 m), 659,132 sq.ft office tower built in 1929-31 and designed by the firm of Shreve, Lamb & Harmon in the Art Deco style. Constructed for Walter J. Salmon, Sr., it is adjacent to Bryant Park and the Salmon Tower Building, also built for Salmon.

Map of 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10036, USA

It was the original transmitter site for CBS Radio's New York City FM station (W67NY, later called WCBS-FM) in 1941.

The building was designated a New York City Landmark in 2010.

References

500 Fifth Avenue Wikipedia