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Metropolitan Life Tower
Landmarks of New York
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By Barry Swackhamer, May 17, 2012 | |
| | | 1. Metropolitan Life Tower Marker | | |
Inscription. This tower, of massive simplicity it Italian Renaissance style, was completed in 1909 from plans by Le Brun & Sons. Its four clock faces are each 26 ½ feet in diameter, the minute hands weighing ½ ton, Four chimes ( the largest 7000 pounds) sound a measure by Handel on the quarter hours.
Erected 1957 by New York Community Trust.
Location. 40° 44.468′ N, 73° 59.26′ W. Marker is in New York, New York, in New York County. Marker is at the intersection of Madison Avenue and East 24th Street on Madison Avenue. Click for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 9 Madison Avenue, New York NY 10010, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Madison Avenue Centennial (about 300 feet away, in a direct line); William H. Seward (about 300 feet away); Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (about 400 feet away); Eternal Light Flagstaff (about 400 feet away); To Our Heroes (about 400 feet away); Flatiron Building (about 600 feet away); Fifth Avenue Building (about 600 feet away); David Glasgow Farragut (about 600 feet away). Click for a list of all markers in New York.
Also see . . . Metropolitan Life Insurance Company - New York Architecture. To design the new tower, destined to be set into the northwest corner, Napoléon LeBrun was required yet, but the idea to copy in a larger scale the Campanile of San Marco in Venice was a John Hegeman's one, the president of the Metropolitan Life himself. (Submitted on July 2, 2012, by Barry Swackhamer of San Jose, California.)
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By Barry Swackhamer, May 17, 2012 | |
| | | 2. Metropolitan Life Tower Marker | | |
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By Barry Swackhamer, May 17, 2012 | |
| | | 3. Metropolitan Life Tower | | |
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By Sue Swackhamer, May 17, 2012 | |
| | | 4. Metropolitan Life Tower (reflection) | | |
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Credits. This page originally submitted on July 2, 2012, by Barry Swackhamer of San Jose, California. This page has been viewed 80 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 2, 2012, by Barry Swackhamer of San Jose, California. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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