Three custom pylons, at the northwest, northeast, and southwest corners of the block, include pedestrian and vehicular traffic lights. Seven pylons are placed in the middle of the block. New Jersey-based company Designetics designed pylons with a cruciform cross-section and street lamps at the top. Ĭustom street furniture including newsstands, flagpoles, and streetlight pylons was designed for the sidewalks around 601 Lexington Avenue and installed in 1978. The New York City Subway's Lexington Avenue/51st Street station (served by the 6, , E, F, trains) is directly underneath 601 Lexington Avenue. Other nearby buildings include 599 Lexington Avenue to the south, 100 East 53rd Street and the Seagram Building to the southwest, 399 Park Avenue to the west, the Central Synagogue to the northwest, and the Lipstick Building to the east. The only other building on the block is 880 Third Avenue, an 18-story structure at 53rd Street and Third Avenue. The land lot covers 70,572 sq ft (6,556.4 m 2) with a frontage of 200 ft (61 m) on Lexington Avenue and a depth of 325 ft (99 m). It takes up the majority of a city block bounded by Lexington Avenue to the west, 54th Street to the north, Third Avenue to the east, and 53rd Street to the south. The building is in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Site Custom pedestrian traffic symbol pylon, northeast corner of Lexington Avenue and 53rd Street Over the years, the atrium, plaza, and other public spaces have been renovated. The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission designated 601 Lexington Avenue as a city landmark in 2016. The building was acquired by Boston Properties and Citicorp Center was renamed 601 Lexington Avenue in the 2000s. During the Citicorp Center engineering crisis less than a year after the building's completion, emergency repairs were made after the tower was discovered to be vulnerable to collapse due to wind. The design was announced in July 1973 and the structure was completed in October 1977. Peter's Church sold its plot on the condition that a new church building be constructed at the base of the tower. Land acquisition for what became Citicorp Center commenced in 1968 and took five years. Upon Citicorp Center's completion, it received mixed reviews from architectural critics, but also several architectural accolades. The tower stories are supported by stacked load-bearing braces in the form of inverted chevrons. Also at the base is a sunken plaza, a shopping concourse, and entrances to the church and the New York City Subway's Lexington Avenue/51st Street station. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church at Lexington Avenue and 54th Street, a standalone granite structure designed simultaneously by Stubbins. The building has a 45° angled top with a base on four stilts, as well as a six-story office annex to the east.
The building was designed by architect Hugh Stubbins, associate architect Emery Roth & Sons, and structural engineer William LeMessurier.Ħ01 Lexington Avenue takes up much of a city block bounded clockwise from west by Lexington Avenue, 54th Street, Third Avenue, and 53rd Street. Built in 1977 to house the headquarters of Citibank, it is 915 ft (279 m) tall and has 59 floors with 1.3 × 10 ^ 6 sq ft (120,000 m 2) of office space. The Citigroup Center (formerly Citicorp Center and also known by its address, 601 Lexington Avenue) is an office skyscraper in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City.
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