Lever House

Lever House is a 307-foot-tall office building at 390 Park Avenue in the neighborhood of in , United States. Constructed from 1950 to 1952, the building was designed by Gordon Bunshaft and Natalie de Blois of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill in the International Style, a 20th-century modern architectural style.
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  • Type: Building
  • Description: Office building in Manhattan, New York
  • Also known as: “Lever Building”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Museum of Modern Art and Saint Patricks Cathedral.

Museum
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The is an art museum located in , New York City, on 53rd Street between and Sixth Avenues. MoMA's collection spans the late 19th century to the present, and includes over 200,000 works of architecture and design, drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, prints, illustrated and artist's books, film, as well as electronic media. is situated 1,400 feet northwest of Lever House.

Church
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St. Patrick's Cathedral is a cathedral in the neighborhood of , United States. It is the seat of the Archbishop of New York as well as a parish church. is situated 880 feet west of Lever House.

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The is a 102-story, supertall skyscraper in the Midtown South neighborhood of , New York City, United States. The building was designed in the Art Deco style by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and constructed between 1930 and 1931. is situated 1 mile southwest of Lever House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Diamond District and Theater District.

Neighborhood
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A is an area where the cutting, polishing, and trade of diamonds and other gems takes place. There are a number of these districts around the world, including:…

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Broadway. Times Square. Madison Square Garden. The name says it all: the is the entertainment hub of the city, and possibly the entire nation.

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is the core retail and commercial neighborhood of , containing the highest concentration of business and money this side of, well, the planet.

Lever House

Latitude
40.75944° or 40° 45′ 34″ north
Longitude
-73.97333° or 73° 58′ 24″ west
Elevation
56 feet (17 metres)
Open location code
87G8Q25G+QM
Geo­Names ID
6342871
Wiki­data ID
Q1821821
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Lever House” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ليفر هاوس”
  • Basque: “Lever House”
  • Catalan: “Lever House”
  • Chinese: “利华大厦”
  • Chinese: “利華大廈”
  • Chinese: “利華大樓”
  • Czech: “Lever House”
  • Dutch: “Lever House”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ليفر هاوس”
  • Estonian: “Lever House”
  • Finnish: “Lever House”
  • French: “Lever House”
  • Georgian: “ლივერის სახლი”
  • German: “Lever Building”
  • German: “Lever House”
  • Hebrew: “בית ליוור”
  • Italian: “Lever House”
  • Japanese: “リーヴァーハウス”
  • Japanese: “リーバ・ハウス”
  • Japanese: “レバーハウス”
  • Korean: “레버 하우스”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lever House”
  • Russian: “Левер Хаус”
  • Russian: “Левер-хаус”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lever Brothers”
  • Spanish: “Lever House”

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