Fred F. French Building
The Fred F. French Building is a skyscraper at 551 Fifth Avenue on the northeast corner with 45th Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Designed by H.Photo: Dmadeo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Commercial building
- Description: office skyscraper in Manhattan, New York
- Also known as: “Fred F French Building”
- Address: 551 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10017
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Grand Central Terminal and Empire State Building.
Grand Central Terminal
Railway station
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Grand Central Terminal is a commuter rail terminal at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Grand Central is the southern terminus of the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem, Hudson and New Haven Lines, serving the northern parts of the New York metropolitan area. Grand Central Terminal is situated 1,000 feet southeast of Fred F. French Building.
Empire State Building
Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Empire State Building is a 102-story, supertall skyscraper in the Midtown South neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States. The building was designed in the Art Deco style by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and constructed between 1930 and 1931. Empire State Building is situated 3,100 feet southwest of Fred F. French Building.
Museum of Modern Art
Museum
The Museum of Modern Art is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth 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. Museum of Modern Art is situated 2,300 feet north of Fred F. French Building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Diamond District and Midtown East.
Diamond District
Neighborhood
Photo: ChrisRuvolo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
A diamond district 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: It may also refer to Diamond District, an American hip-hop group formed by Oddisee, Uptown XO & Yu.
Midtown East
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Midtown East is the core retail and commercial neighborhood of Manhattan, containing the highest concentration of business and money this side of, well, the planet.
Theater District
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Broadway. Times Square. Madison Square Garden. The name says it all: the Theater District is the entertainment hub of the city, and possibly the entire nation.
Fred F. French Building
- Categories: skyscraper, building, and office
- Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.75537° or 40° 45′ 19″ northLongitude
-73.9789° or 73° 58′ 44″ westElevation
62 feet (19 metres)Inception
1927Open location code
87G8Q24C+4COpenStreetMap ID
way 266010344OpenStreetMap feature
building=commercialGeoNames ID
6342880Wikidata ID
Q2893962
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Fred F. French Building” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “·弗雷德·F.·法兰奇大厦”
- Chinese: “弗雷德·F·法蘭奇大廈”
- Estonian: “Fred F. French Building”
- French: “Fred F. French Building”
- German: “Fred F. French Building”
- Russian: “Фред-Ф.-Френч-билдинг”
- Slovenian: “Fred F. French Building”
- Spanish: “Edificio Fred F. French”
- Spanish: “Fred F. French Building”
Localities in the Area
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Nearby Places
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