Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower

The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower is a skyscraper occupying a full block in the of in , New York, United States.
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  • Type: Building
  • Description: office skyscraper in Manhattan, New York
  • Also known as: “Met Life Tower” and “Metropolitan Life Tower”
  • Address: 1 Madison Avenue, New York, 10010
  • Roof shape: flat

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Flatiron Building and Madison Square Park.

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The , originally the Fuller Building, is a 22-story, 285-foot-tall steel-framed triangular building at 175 in the eponymous neighborhood of in . is situated 650 feet west of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower.

Park
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Madison Square is a public square formed by the intersection of and Broadway at 23rd Street in the borough of . The square was named for Founding Father James Madison, the fourth president of the United States.

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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 2,700 feet north of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gramercy Flatiron and Rose Hill.

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In the shadow of the skyscrapers of Midtown sit some of 's most colorful and vibrant neighborhoods. Busy Flatiron is one of the borough's most active shopping and entertainment districts, situated between Union Square and Madison Square Park, two of the most popular meeting places for Manhattanites.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood in the borough of , between the neighborhoods of to the north and to the south, Kips Bay to the east, the to the southwest, and to the northwest.

Neighborhood
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, also known as Madison Square North, is a neighborhood centered on the Madison Square North Historic District in the borough of in .

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower

Latitude
40.74127° or 40° 44′ 29″ north
Longitude
-73.98736° or 73° 59′ 15″ west
Levels
50
Height
492 feet (150 metres)
Open location code
87G8P2R7+G3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 158404390
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­yes
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­flat
Wiki­data ID
Q652452
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Turkish—“Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower”
  • Arabic: “برج ميت لايف”
  • Arabic: “برج مِيِت لايف”
  • Azerbaijani: “Metropolitan Life Tower”
  • Basque: “Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower”
  • Belarusian: “Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower”
  • Bengali: “মেট লাইফ ইনসুরেন্স কম্পানি টাওয়ার”
  • Bengali: “মেট্রোপলিটন লাইফ ইনসুরেন্স কোম্পানি টাওয়ার”
  • Bengali: “মেট্রোপলিটন লাইফ টাওয়ার”
  • Bulgarian: “Мет Лайф Тауър”
  • Catalan: “Metropolitan Life Insurance Building”
  • Catalan: “Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower”
  • Catalan: “Metropolitan Life Tower”
  • Chinese: “大都会人寿保险大楼”
  • Chinese: “大都會人壽保險大樓”
  • Czech: “Met Life Tower”
  • Czech: “Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower”
  • Czech: “Metropolitan Life Tower”
  • Dutch: “Met Life Tower”
  • Dutch: “Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower”
  • Dutch: “Metropolitan Life Tower”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “برج ميت لايف”
  • Estonian: “Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower”
  • Finnish: “Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower”
  • French: “Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower”
  • French: “Metropolitan Life Tower”
  • Georgian: “მეტ ლაიფ ტაუერი”
  • Georgian: “მეტროპოლიტენ ლაიფ ინშურანს კომპანი ტაუერი”
  • Georgian: “მეტროპოლიტენ ლაიფ ტაუერი”
  • German: “Met Life Tower”
  • German: “Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower”
  • German: “Metropolitan Life Tower”
  • Hebrew: “בניין חברת הביטוח מטרופוליטן לייף”
  • Hebrew: “מגדל חברת הביטוח מטרופוליטן לייף”
  • Italian: “Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower”
  • Japanese: “メトロポリタン・ライフ・タワー”
  • Japanese: “メトロポリタン生命保険会社タワー”
  • Korean: “메트라이프 센터”
  • Korean: “메트라이프 타워”
  • Korean: “메트로폴리탄 생명보험 빌딩”
  • Korean: “메트로폴리탄 생명보험 타워”
  • Lithuanian: “Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower”
  • Persian: “برج شرکت بیمه عمر متروپولیتن”
  • Polish: “Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower”
  • Portuguese: “Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower”
  • Romanian: “Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower”
  • Russian: “Met Life Tower”
  • Russian: “Метлайф-тауэр”
  • Russian: “Метрополитан Лайф Тауэр”
  • Russian: “Метрополитен-лайф-иншуранс-тауэр”
  • Slovak: “MetLife Tower”
  • Slovak: “Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Building”
  • Spanish: “Met Life Tower”
  • Spanish: “Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower”
  • Spanish: “Metropolitan Life Tower”
  • Swedish: “Met Life Tower”
  • Swedish: “Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower”
  • Thai: “ตึกเมโทรโพลิแทน ไลฟ์ อินชัวเรนซ์”
  • Thai: “ตึกเมโทรโพลิแทน ไลฟ์ อินชัวแรนซ์”
  • Turkish: “MetLife Tower”
  • Turkish: “Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower”

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