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660 Fifth Avenue
660 Fifth Avenue (formerly 666 Fifth Avenue and the Tishman Building) is a 41-story office building on the west side of Fifth Avenue between 52nd and 53rd Streets in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, United States. The office tower was designed by Carson & Lundin and built for its developer, Tishman Realty and Construction, from 1955 to 1957.
When it was completed, the building featured a prominent red neon display of the number 666 at the top which could be seen from various locations in the city. It had a facade of embossed aluminum panels which were originally lit by the "Tower of Light" designed by Abe Feder. The interior had a T-shaped atrium open to the public, with retail space, a lobby extending from Fifth Avenue, and a waterfall sculpture by Isamu Noguchi. The upper floors had a variety of office tenants, including those in the law, finance, and publishing industries. In the early 2020s, the lobby and office spaces were rebuilt and the facade was replaced with one containing glass panels.
Tishman sold the building when the corporation dissolved in 1976. The building was sold to Sumitomo Realty & Development in the late 1990s, and Tishman Speyer bought it in 2000. Tishman sold the skyscraper yet again to Kushner Properties in 2007. Kushner Properties struggled with financing throughout the late 2000s and mid-2010s, even contemplating replacing it with a taller tower. Brookfield Properties leased the whole building in August 2018 and subsequently hired Kohn Pedersen Fox to extensively renovate the building through 2022. As part of the renovation, the building was renumbered to 660 Fifth Avenue.
660 Fifth Avenue is in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, United States. It faces Fifth Avenue to the east, 52nd Street to the south, and 53rd Street to the north. The land lot is mostly rectangular and covers 61,755 square feet (5,737.2 m2), with a frontage of 200 feet (61 m) on Fifth Avenue and a depth of 315 feet (96 m). The 53rd Street frontage measures 300 feet (91 m) while the 52nd Street frontage measures 315 feet (96 m). The building is on the same block as the CBS Building, 31 West 52nd Street, the 21 Club, and 53rd Street Library to the west. Other nearby buildings include the Museum of Modern Art and Saint Thomas Church to the north; Paley Park to the northeast; 12 East 53rd Street to the east; the Olympic Tower and 647 and 651 Fifth Avenue to the southeast; and 650 Fifth Avenue and 75 Rockefeller Plaza to the south. The building is assigned its own ZIP Code, 10103; it was one of 41 buildings in Manhattan that had their own ZIP Codes as of 2019[update].
Upscale residences were constructed around Fifth Avenue following the American Civil War. The lot at 660 Fifth Avenue had previously held the William K. Vanderbilt House, an 1882 châteauesque mansion designed by Richard Morris Hunt for William Kissam Vanderbilt. The mansion had been demolished in 1926 and replaced with a 12-story office building by developer Benjamin Winter. Stanford White designed a mansion for William Kissam Vanderbilt II's family at number 666, which was completed in 1908. The current office building at 660 Fifth Avenue replaced nine structures, including William K. Vanderbilt II's mansion and Winter's office building. The other structures included some brownstones and a pair of six-story commercial buildings. The site was also occupied by a parking lot just prior to the current building's development.
660 Fifth Avenue, originally the Tishman Building at 666 Fifth Avenue, was designed by Carson and Lundin and built by its developer, Tishman Realty & Construction. It is one of the remaining office skyscrapers that the firm designed in the mid-20th century in Manhattan. The building is 483 ft (147 m) tall and was designed with 39 stories. Other contractors involved in the building's construction were structural engineer Victor Mayper, mechanical engineers Cosentini Associates, and electrical consultants Eitingon & Schlossberg.
The Tishman Building originally had an aluminum curtain wall covering 8 acres (3.2 ha). Described in The New York Times as the world's largest aluminum curtain wall, it consisted of nearly 3,000 spandrel panels, which were installed between windows on different stories. Each panel measured about 7 by 11 feet (2.1 by 3.4 m) and weighed 225 pounds (102 kg). The Reynolds Metals Company prefabricated the pieces of the facade at their plant in Louisville, Kentucky. The panels were anodized and contained small embossed rhombuses to create the impression of a textured surface. These panels were mounted on the facade from the inside and then bolted to pieces of steel that had been welded to the superstructure. The effect was meant to resemble medieval armor. Before the original aluminum curtain wall was removed, Brookfield Properties' construction director said that occupants could feel wind coming through the panels because they were so porous. Part of the ground-story facade along Fifth Avenue was replaced in 1999 with a 25-foot-tall (7.6 m) glass wall to make the retail space more visible.
The vertical aluminum mullions contained embedded pieces of porcelain enamel and white structural glass. The enamel or white glass strips were 20 inches (510 mm) wide and were flanked by 3-inch (76 mm) strips of aluminum, giving the mullions a total width of 26 inches (660 mm). The window widths varied from 6.875 to 7.375 feet (2.096 to 2.248 m). The window panes between the mullions contained a gray tint for glare reduction. Each window contained two fixed sidelights flanking a movable center pane. The center panes were designed to pivot so window cleaners could clean the panes from the inside.
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660 Fifth Avenue
660 Fifth Avenue (formerly 666 Fifth Avenue and the Tishman Building) is a 41-story office building on the west side of Fifth Avenue between 52nd and 53rd Streets in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, United States. The office tower was designed by Carson & Lundin and built for its developer, Tishman Realty and Construction, from 1955 to 1957.
When it was completed, the building featured a prominent red neon display of the number 666 at the top which could be seen from various locations in the city. It had a facade of embossed aluminum panels which were originally lit by the "Tower of Light" designed by Abe Feder. The interior had a T-shaped atrium open to the public, with retail space, a lobby extending from Fifth Avenue, and a waterfall sculpture by Isamu Noguchi. The upper floors had a variety of office tenants, including those in the law, finance, and publishing industries. In the early 2020s, the lobby and office spaces were rebuilt and the facade was replaced with one containing glass panels.
Tishman sold the building when the corporation dissolved in 1976. The building was sold to Sumitomo Realty & Development in the late 1990s, and Tishman Speyer bought it in 2000. Tishman sold the skyscraper yet again to Kushner Properties in 2007. Kushner Properties struggled with financing throughout the late 2000s and mid-2010s, even contemplating replacing it with a taller tower. Brookfield Properties leased the whole building in August 2018 and subsequently hired Kohn Pedersen Fox to extensively renovate the building through 2022. As part of the renovation, the building was renumbered to 660 Fifth Avenue.
660 Fifth Avenue is in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, United States. It faces Fifth Avenue to the east, 52nd Street to the south, and 53rd Street to the north. The land lot is mostly rectangular and covers 61,755 square feet (5,737.2 m2), with a frontage of 200 feet (61 m) on Fifth Avenue and a depth of 315 feet (96 m). The 53rd Street frontage measures 300 feet (91 m) while the 52nd Street frontage measures 315 feet (96 m). The building is on the same block as the CBS Building, 31 West 52nd Street, the 21 Club, and 53rd Street Library to the west. Other nearby buildings include the Museum of Modern Art and Saint Thomas Church to the north; Paley Park to the northeast; 12 East 53rd Street to the east; the Olympic Tower and 647 and 651 Fifth Avenue to the southeast; and 650 Fifth Avenue and 75 Rockefeller Plaza to the south. The building is assigned its own ZIP Code, 10103; it was one of 41 buildings in Manhattan that had their own ZIP Codes as of 2019[update].
Upscale residences were constructed around Fifth Avenue following the American Civil War. The lot at 660 Fifth Avenue had previously held the William K. Vanderbilt House, an 1882 châteauesque mansion designed by Richard Morris Hunt for William Kissam Vanderbilt. The mansion had been demolished in 1926 and replaced with a 12-story office building by developer Benjamin Winter. Stanford White designed a mansion for William Kissam Vanderbilt II's family at number 666, which was completed in 1908. The current office building at 660 Fifth Avenue replaced nine structures, including William K. Vanderbilt II's mansion and Winter's office building. The other structures included some brownstones and a pair of six-story commercial buildings. The site was also occupied by a parking lot just prior to the current building's development.
660 Fifth Avenue, originally the Tishman Building at 666 Fifth Avenue, was designed by Carson and Lundin and built by its developer, Tishman Realty & Construction. It is one of the remaining office skyscrapers that the firm designed in the mid-20th century in Manhattan. The building is 483 ft (147 m) tall and was designed with 39 stories. Other contractors involved in the building's construction were structural engineer Victor Mayper, mechanical engineers Cosentini Associates, and electrical consultants Eitingon & Schlossberg.
The Tishman Building originally had an aluminum curtain wall covering 8 acres (3.2 ha). Described in The New York Times as the world's largest aluminum curtain wall, it consisted of nearly 3,000 spandrel panels, which were installed between windows on different stories. Each panel measured about 7 by 11 feet (2.1 by 3.4 m) and weighed 225 pounds (102 kg). The Reynolds Metals Company prefabricated the pieces of the facade at their plant in Louisville, Kentucky. The panels were anodized and contained small embossed rhombuses to create the impression of a textured surface. These panels were mounted on the facade from the inside and then bolted to pieces of steel that had been welded to the superstructure. The effect was meant to resemble medieval armor. Before the original aluminum curtain wall was removed, Brookfield Properties' construction director said that occupants could feel wind coming through the panels because they were so porous. Part of the ground-story facade along Fifth Avenue was replaced in 1999 with a 25-foot-tall (7.6 m) glass wall to make the retail space more visible.
The vertical aluminum mullions contained embedded pieces of porcelain enamel and white structural glass. The enamel or white glass strips were 20 inches (510 mm) wide and were flanked by 3-inch (76 mm) strips of aluminum, giving the mullions a total width of 26 inches (660 mm). The window widths varied from 6.875 to 7.375 feet (2.096 to 2.248 m). The window panes between the mullions contained a gray tint for glare reduction. Each window contained two fixed sidelights flanking a movable center pane. The center panes were designed to pivot so window cleaners could clean the panes from the inside.