Type Commercial offices Completed 1974 Floor count 50 Floors 50 | Construction started 1971 Roof 192 m (630 ft) Height 192 m | |
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Location Sixth Avenue & 42nd StreetNew York City, New York Address 1114 6th Ave, New York, NY 10110, USA Owner Brookfield Office Properties Similar Solow Building, 1095 Avenue of the Ameri, Bank of America Tower, One American Center, 500 Fifth Avenue | ||
The W. R. Grace Building is a skyscraper in Manhattan, New York City. The building was designed principally by Gordon Bunshaft, and completed in 1974. The building was commissioned by the W.R. Grace Company, and was also used by the Deloitte & Touche, LLP.
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The building is located at 1114 Sixth Avenue, but the main entrance is on 42nd Street, between 5th and 6th. It overlooks Bryant Park and the New York Public Library. The building size has approximately 1,518,000 rentable square feet, and sits on a site approximately 100 x 442 feet (67,875 square feet).
Architecture
One of the notable aesthetic attributes of the building is the concave vertical slope of its north and south facades, on 42nd and 43rd Street. This is similar to another of Bunshaft's creations, the Solow Building, which is no coincidence, as he had used the initial, rejected façade design for that building in his design for the Grace Building. The exterior of the building is covered in white travertine, which forms a contrast against the black windows and makes the building appear brighter than those surrounding it.
The Grace Building is located on the former site of Stern's flagship department store and headquarters.