General Electric Building

The General Electric Building, also known as 570 Lexington Avenue, is a skyscraper at the southwestern corner of Lexington Avenue and 51st Street in , New York City.
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  • Type: Commercial building
  • Description: Office skyscraper in Manhattan, New York
  • Also known as: “570 Lexington Avenue” and “RCA Victor Building”
  • Address: 570 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
  • Roof shape: flat

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Museum of Modern Art and Waldorf Astoria New York.

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 2,200 feet northwest of General Electric Building.

Hotel
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The is a luxury hotel and residential condominium building in , New York City, New York, U.S. Located at 301 Park Avenue between 49th and 50th Streets, it is a 47-story, 625 ft Art Deco structure designed by architects Schultze and Weaver and completed in 1931.

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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 General Electric Building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Diamond District and Tudor City.

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.

Neighborhood
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is an apartment complex on the East Side of in , bordering the Turtle Bay and neighborhoods. It lies on a low cliff east of Second Avenue, between 40th and 43rd Streets, and overlooks First Avenue to the east.

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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.

General Electric Building

Latitude
40.75708° or 40° 45′ 26″ north
Longitude
-73.97246° or 73° 58′ 21″ west
Inception
1931
Height
131 feet (40 metres)
Open location code
87G8Q24H+R2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 137885993
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­commercial
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­flat
Wiki­data ID
Q244391
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“General Electric Building” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “General Electric Building”
  • Chinese: “通用電氣大樓”
  • Dutch: “570 Lexington Avenue”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مبنى جنرال الكتريك”
  • Estonian: “General Electric Building”
  • Finnish: “General Electric Building”
  • French: “570 Lexington Avenue”
  • French: “General Electric Building”
  • German: “570 Lexington Avenue”
  • Italian: “General Electric Building”
  • Japanese: “ゼネラルエレクトリックビル”
  • Korean: “제너럴 일렉트릭 빌딩”
  • Persian: “ساختمان جنرال الکتریک”
  • Romanian: “570 Lexington Avenue”
  • Romanian: “General Electric Building”
  • Russian: “Дженерал-электрик-билдинг”
  • Russian: “Дженерал-Электрик-билдинг”
  • Spanish: “570 Lexington Avenue”
  • Spanish: “Edificio General Electric”
  • Spanish: “General Electric Building”
  • Spanish: “RCA Victor Building”
  • Ukrainian: “Дженерал-Електрик-білдінг”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lexington Market - Bars & Eateries and Terence Cardinal Cooke - Cathedral Library.

Nearby Places

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