Lipstick Building in New York City

5 August 2022 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, New York City Reading Time:  5 minutes

© flickr.com - Filip Maljković/cc-by-sa-2.0

© flickr.com – Filip Maljković/cc-by-sa-2.0

The Lipstick Building, also known as 885 Third Avenue and 53rd at Third, is a 453-foot (138 meter) tall skyscraper at Third Avenue between 53rd Street and 54th Street in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. It was completed in 1986 and has 34 floors. The building was designed by John Burgee and Philip Johnson for Hines Interests and was developer Gerald D. Hines‘s first project in New York City. The building’s nickname is derived from its shape and color, which resembles a tube of lipstick (lipstick index). The 17th floor was the office of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities.   read more…

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