A good-looking International Style building built on the corpse of the former Singer Building and oft-forgotten City Investing Building of New York, the former of which was purchased by US Steel and allowed to deteriorate before being destroyed by the same company to make room for this structure. At the time the Singer Building was not protected by the post-Penn Station-destruction institution, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. Those two -- Penn Station and the Singer Building's destruction mark the two greatest architectural urban tragedies in New York. Included is a photo of the gorgeous building under deconstruction in its...
Read moreExtremely clean building. Amazing security/building staff. Prime location. Entrances for Subway lines are directly under building including R train which has an entrance you can access without exiting the building. Starbucks and Convenience store in lobby (however, I would avoid both because they tend to carry expired goods). -1 star because they make it difficult to accept food deliveries since they won't allow delivery persons to leave a bike at front even...
Read moreI worked in this building many years ago. Now the basement of the building is all the restaurants, prescription eye wear store, medical holistic acupuncture and accidental and chiropractor place and a Starbucks. Mostly busy during lunch time and afternoons. One nice thing here is restrooms available during the business hours. Please ask the security guard to...
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