Pershing Square Building
- Architect
- York and Sawyer
- Year
- 1923
- Style
- Romanesque Revival
- City
- Manhattan, NY
The Pershing Square Building at 125 Park Avenue is a 25-story office tower built on the site of the former Grand Union Hotel, across from Grand Central Terminal. Designed in the Romanesque Revival style by John Sloan and T. Markoe Robertson of Sloan & Robertson, working with York and Sawyer, it was erected between 1921 and 1923 within "Terminal City," using air rights above the tracks surrounding Grand Central. It sits directly above the Grand Central-42nd Street subway station. SL Green Realty acquired the building in 2010, and it was designated a New York City Landmark in 2016.
the building
Built on air rights. The building rises above the underground tracks of Grand Central Terminal, part of the "Terminal City" complex that made use of real-estate air rights over the rail yard rather than open ground.
the style
The building was designed in the Romanesque Revival style by Sloan & Robertson working with York and Sawyer, giving the Park Avenue office tower a solid, arched presence opposite Grand Central Terminal.
More on Romanesque Revivalthe architect
John Sloan and T. Markoe Robertson of Sloan & Robertson designed the building working with the established firm York and Sawyer.
significance
Designated a New York City Individual Landmark (LP-02556) in 2016.
nearby
- Grand Central Terminal
- Chrysler Building
- Graybar Building
- 275 Madison Avenue Building
- Helmsley Building
- Joseph Raphael De Lamar House