Graybar Building
- Architect
- Sloan & Robertson
- Year
- 1927
- Style
- Art Deco
- City
- Manhattan, NY
The Graybar Building at 420 Lexington Avenue is a 30-story Art Deco office tower designed by Sloan & Robertson, built starting in 1925 and opened in April 1927. It rises within "Terminal City" above Grand Central Terminal's underground tracks, its superstructure built entirely over the rail lines.
the building
The Graybar Passage. A publicly accessible ground-floor passageway, the Graybar Passage, connects Lexington Avenue directly to Grand Central Terminal.
Setback office floors. Upper stories step back with light courts to comply with the 1916 Zoning Resolution, an Art Deco solution to the era's new bulk regulations.
the style
Sloan & Robertson designed the building in the Art Deco style, visible in its ornamented Lexington Avenue entrance and stepped-back upper floors.
More on Art Decothe architect
Sloan & Robertson designed the Graybar Building, which opened in 1927 and was fully leased within less than a year.
significance
The Graybar Building is a New York City Individual Landmark (LP-02554), designated November 22, 2016. It was originally called the Eastern Terminal Office Building before being renamed for Graybar, one of its first lessees.
nearby
- Grand Central Terminal
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- Pershing Square Building
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