550 Madison Avenue

550 Madison Avenue is a postmodern–style skyscraper on Madison Avenue between 55th and 56th Streets in the neighborhood of , New York, U.S.
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  • Type: Building
  • Description: skyscraper in Manhattan, USA
  • Also known as: “AT&T Building”, “Sony Building”, “Sony Plaza”, “Sony Tower”, and “SonyPlaza”
  • Historically known as: “AT&T BUilding”
  • Address: 550 Madison Avenue

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Museum of Modern Art and Carnegie Hall.

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 1,100 feet west of 550 Madison Avenue.

Arts center
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is a concert venue at 881 Seventh Avenue, between 56th and 57th Streets, in , New York City. Designed by architect William Burnet Tuthill and built by its namesake, industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, the venue is one of the most prestigious in the world for both classical music and popular music. is situated 2,200 feet northwest of 550 Madison Avenue.

Church
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St. Patrick's Cathedral is a Catholic cathedral in the neighborhood of . It is the seat of the Archbishop of New York as well as a parish church. is situated 1,300 feet southwest of 550 Madison Avenue.

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: It may also refer to , an American hip-hop group formed by Oddisee, Uptown XO & Yu.

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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.

550 Madison Avenue

Latitude
40.76148° or 40° 45′ 41″ north
Longitude
-73.97351° or 73° 58′ 25″ west
Elevation
66 feet (20 metres)
Inception
1984
Open location code
87G8Q26G+HH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 260244590
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Geo­Names ID
9412869
Wiki­data ID
Q1477826
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“550 Madison Avenue” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “550 شارع ماديسون”
  • Basque: “Sony Building”
  • Chinese: “索尼大厦”
  • Chinese: “麦迪逊大道550号”
  • Czech: “AT&T Building”
  • Czech: “Sony Building”
  • Czech: “Sony Tower”
  • Dutch: “550 Madison Avenue”
  • Dutch: “Sony Building”
  • Dutch: “Sony Tower”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “550 شارع ماديسون”
  • Estonian: “550 Madison Avenue”
  • Finnish: “550 Madison Avenue”
  • French: “Sony Tower”
  • German: “550 Madison Avenue”
  • German: “AT&T Building”
  • German: “Sony Building”
  • Hebrew: “בניין AT&T”
  • Hebrew: “שדרות מדיסון 550”
  • Italian: “Sony Building”
  • Japanese: “ソニー・ビルディング”
  • Japanese: “ソニービル”
  • Japanese: “マディソンアベニュー550番地”
  • Korean: “550 매디슨 애비뉴”
  • Korean: “소니 빌딩”
  • Persian: “برج سونی”
  • Portuguese: “550 Madison Avenue”
  • Portuguese: “Sony Building”
  • Romanian: “Sony Building”
  • Russian: “Сони-билдинг”
  • Slovak: “Budova Sony”
  • Slovenian: “550 Madison Avenue”
  • Slovenian: “AT&T Building”
  • Slovenian: “Sony Tower”
  • Spanish: “550 Madison Avenue”
  • Spanish: “AT&T Building”
  • Spanish: “Sony Building”

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