New York Life Insurance Building, New York
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The New York Life Insurance building was designed in 1926 by Architect Cass Gilbert- renowned for his detailed skyscrapers, the construction ran from 1927 to 1928. Located on Madison Avenue between 26th and 27th street stands the New York Life Insurance Building, a 40 story, 617 foot tall, neo-gothic office building sitting on nearly 2 acres of land. Looking up at the building you can see every detail covering every aspect of this building. The building appears to be set on a base with a row of arches and large streams of vertical windows that run throughout all sets of towers equally.
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The building consists of thirty-four stories but the crown at the top adds another 6 stories creating the pyramidal roof. The tower is set well back from the base, and is capped at 187.5 m with an octagonal golden spire [2] which is covered in gold-toned tile making this feature the most prominent. Although the roof can be recognized and seen throughout the skyline, all of the other details of the building are just as thought out. Other detailing Cass Gilbert added was the building's exterior which is comprised of 440,000 cubic feet of Indiana Limestone, solid bronze was used to frame the building’s 2,180 windows, as well as using bronze in many other interior decoration forms such as on the buildings large ornate doors, 18 enormous hanging lamps. elaborate coffered and vaulted ceilings, the richly-molded surrounds of the entrance, window spandrels, and gargoyles at the roof line. [1, 3]
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Although the design of this building is perceived to be detailed flawlessly, there were some challenges Gilbert faced. In April 1925 with the excavation over 60 percent complete and structural steel fabrication well underway, Gilbert was ordered to abandon the design because the bids on construction costs were much higher than anticipated. The building was redesigned and construction resumed the following year. The new design substituted limestone cladding for the original marble that had been proposed, incorporated more setbacks, and added the gilded pyramidal roof with six stories for mechanical services. [5] Gilbert melded the neo-Gothic embellishments of his earlier buildings with the cubic geometries of 1920s skyscrapers, making this building a significant transition from the historical revival-style skyscrapers of the 1900s to the Art Deco towers of the late 1920s. [3] The building is Gilbert's third and final version of the neo-Gothic skyscraper in New York City. [5]
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