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Manufacturer's Hanover Trust Bank

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Manufacturer's Hanover Trust Bank

Site overview

The Manufacturers Hanover Trust Building (originally the 600 Fifth Avenue Building), built in 1950-52, was the last addition to the Rockefeller Center complex. Designed by the firm of Carson & Lundin to complement the original Center buildings, the building takes the form of a 28-story tower set on an I-shaped seven-story base. In its scale, materials, ornamental details, and setbacks, the architects created a design which is integral with the Rockefeller Center complex. The first major tenant was the Sinclair Oil Co., and the building was known for many years as the Sinclair Building.

Primary classification

Commercial (COM)

Designations

New York City Individual Landmark, designated on October 20, 1997 | New York City Interior Landmark (first and second floors), designated on February 14, 2011

Author(s)

Rosalind Barr Streeter | | 3/4/2008

How to Visit

Open to the public

Location

510 Fifth Ave.
New York, NY, 10036

Country

US

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Designer(s)

Gordon Bunshaft

Architect

Nationality

American

Affiliation

Skidmore, Ownings & Merrill

Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM)

Other designers

Architectural firm - Skidmore, Owings, Merrill (Gordon Bunshaft)Landscape Architectural firm - Clarke & Rapuano

Related chapter

New York/Tri State

Completion

4 October 1954

Commission / Completion details

Completed 1954. Opened to the public October 4, 1954

Current Use

JPMorgan Chase Bank

References

http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/1447.pdf
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