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The CBS Building, also known as Black Rock and 51W52, is a 38-story, tower at 51 West 52nd Street in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City.^[1]

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Ada Louise Huxtable

Ada Louise Huxtable (née Landman; March 14, 1921 – January 7, 2013) was an American architecture critic and writer on architecture.

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The AIA Guide to New York City by Norval White, Elliot Willensky, and Fran Leadon is an extensive catalogue with descriptions, critique and photographs of significant and noteworthy architecture throughout the five boroughs of New York City.

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Aline B. Saarinen

Aline Bernstein Saarinen (March 25, 1914 – July 13, 1972) was an American art and architecture critic, author and television journalist.

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Alma, Quebec

Alma (2021 Town population: 30,331; CA Population 33,018; UA Population 26,016) is a town in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, in the Canadian province of Quebec.

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American Institute of Graphic Arts

The American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) is a professional organization for design.

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Architectural League of New York

The Architectural League of New York is a non-profit organization "for creative and intellectual work in architecture, urbanism, and related disciplines".

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Architectural Record

Architectural Record is a US-based monthly magazine dedicated to architecture and interior design.

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Batten

A batten is most commonly a strip of solid material, historically wood but can also be of plastic, metal, or fiberglass.

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Bay (architecture)

In architecture, a bay is the space between architectural elements, or a recess or compartment.

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BNY Mellon

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, doing business as BNY, is an American banking and financial services corporation headquartered in New York City.

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Bob Bakish

Robert Marc Bakish (born December 14, 1963) is an American business executive.

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Carson and Lundin

Carson & Lundin, later known as Carson, Lundin & Shaw and Carson, Lundin & Thorson, was an American architectural firm based in New York City and active from 1941 until 1996.

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CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS (an abbreviation of its original name, Columbia Broadcasting System), is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainment Group division of Paramount Global and is one of the company's three flagship subsidiaries, along with namesake Paramount Pictures and MTV.

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CBS Broadcast Center

The CBS Broadcast Center is a television and radio production facility located on the West Side of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. CBS Building and CBS Broadcast Center are mass media company headquarters in the United States.

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CBS News

CBS News is the news division of the American television and radio broadcaster CBS. CBS Building and CBS News are CBS.

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CBS News and Stations

CBS News and Stations is a division of the CBS Entertainment Group unit of Paramount Global that owns and operates a group of American television stations along with CBS News. CBS Building and CBS News and Stations are CBS.

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CBS Radio

CBS Radio was a radio broadcasting company and radio network operator owned by CBS Corporation and founded in 1928, with consolidated radio station groups owned by CBS and Westinghouse Broadcasting/Group W since the 1920s, and Infinity Broadcasting since the 1970s. CBS Building and CBS Radio are former CBS Corporation subsidiaries.

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CBS Records International

CBS Records International was the international arm of the Columbia Records unit of Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.

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Chamfer

A chamfer is a transitional edge between two faces of an object.

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Charles Schwab Corporation

The Charles Schwab Corporation is an American multinational financial services company.

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China Grill Management

China Grill Management is a restaurant group which owns and operates over 22 restaurants worldwide under 15 concepts worldwide.

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Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the American division of multinational conglomerate Sony.

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Commercial mortgage-backed security

Commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) are a type of mortgage-backed security backed by commercial and multifamily mortgages rather than residential real estate.

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Compass Group

Compass Group plc is a British multinational contract foodservice company headquartered in Chertsey, England.

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Cosentini Associates

Cosentini Associates is an engineering firm that provides consulting engineering services for the building industry.

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COVID-19 pandemic in New York City

The first case of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City was confirmed on March 1, 2020, though later research showed that the novel coronavirus had been circulating in New York City since January, with cases of community transmission confirmed as early as February.

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Cushman & Wakefield

Cushman & Wakefield Inc. is an American global commercial real estate services firm.

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Deadline Hollywood

Deadline Hollywood, commonly known as Deadline and also referred to as Deadline.com, is an online news site founded as the news blog Deadline Hollywood Daily by Nikki Finke in 2006.

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Destination dispatch

Destination dispatch is an optimization technique used for multi-elevator installations, in which groups of passengers heading to the same destinations use the same elevators, thereby reducing waiting and travel times.

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Detroit

Detroit is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Dorsey & Whitney

Dorsey & Whitney LLP (known as Dorsey) is an American law firm with 516 lawyers, located in 20 offices in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia as of 2023.

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Dulles International Airport

Washington Dulles International Airport is an international airport in Loudoun County and Fairfax County in Northern Virginia, United States, west of downtown Washington, D.C. The airport, which opened in 1962, is named after John Foster Dulles, an influential United States Secretary of State during the Cold War who briefly represented New York in the United States Senate. CBS Building and Dulles International Airport are Eero Saarinen structures.

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East River

The East River is a saltwater tidal estuary or strait in New York City.

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Eero Saarinen

Eero Saarinen (August 20, 1910 – September 1, 1961) was a Finnish-American architect and industrial designer who created a wide array of innovative designs for buildings and monuments, including the General Motors Technical Center in Warren, Michigan; the passenger terminal at Dulles International Airport outside Washington, D.C.; the TWA Flight Center (now TWA Hotel) at John F.

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EF Hutton

EF Hutton was an American stock brokerage firm founded in 1904 by Edward Francis Hutton and his brother, Franklyn Laws Hutton.

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Eliel Saarinen

Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen (August 20, 1873 – July 1, 1950) was a Finnish-American architect known for his work with art nouveau buildings in the early years of the 20th century.

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Eliel Saarinen's Tribune Tower design

Eliel Saarinen's Tribune Tower design, also called the Saarinen tower, was an unbuilt design for a skyscraper by Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen.

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Entasis

In architecture, entasis is the application of a convex curve to a surface for aesthetic purposes, or increasing strength.

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Façade

A façade or facade is generally the front part or exterior of a building.

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Fifth Avenue

Fifth Avenue is a major and prominent thoroughfare in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States. CBS Building and Fifth Avenue are Midtown Manhattan.

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Fifth Avenue/53rd Street station

The Fifth Avenue/53rd Street station is a station on the IND Queens Boulevard Line of the New York City Subway. CBS Building and Fifth Avenue/53rd Street station are Midtown Manhattan.

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Floor area

In architecture, construction, and real estate, floor area, floor space, or floorspace is the area (measured in square metres or square feet) taken up by a building or part of it.

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Floor area ratio

Floor area ratio (FAR) is the ratio of a building's total floor area (gross floor area) to the size of the piece of land upon which it is built.

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Florence Knoll

Florence Marguerite Knoll Bassett (Schust; May 24, 1917 – January 25, 2019) was an American architect, interior designer, furniture designer, and entrepreneur who has been credited with revolutionizing office design and bringing modernist design to office interiors.

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Frank Stanton (executive)

Frank Nicholas Stanton (March 20, 1908 – December 24, 2006) was an American broadcasting executive who served as the president of CBS between 1946 and 1971 and then as vice chairman until 1973.

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Fresco

Fresco (or frescoes) is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster.

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Frontage

Frontage is the boundary between a plot of land or a building and the road onto which the plot or building fronts.

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Gastrotypographicalassemblage

Gastrotypographicalassemblage (compound word: Gastro | typographical | assemblage) is a work of art designed by Lou Dorfsman to decorate the cafeteria in Eero Saarinen's CBS Building on 52nd Street and Sixth Avenue, New York City, New York. CBS Building and Gastrotypographicalassemblage are CBS.

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Gateway Arch

The Gateway Arch is a monument in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. CBS Building and Gateway Arch are Eero Saarinen structures.

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General contractor

A contractor (North American English) or builder (British English), is responsible for the day-to-day oversight of a construction site, management of vendors and trades, and the communication of information to all involved parties throughout the course of a building project.

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General Motors Technical Center

The GM Technical Center was inaugurated in 1956 as General Motors's primary design and engineering center, located in Warren, Michigan. CBS Building and General Motors Technical Center are Eero Saarinen structures.

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George A. Fuller

George A. Fuller (October 21, 1851 – December 14, 1900) was an American architect often credited as being the "inventor" of modern skyscrapers and the modern contracting system.

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Harper's Magazine

Harper's Magazine is a monthly magazine of literature, politics, culture, finance, and the arts.

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HLW International

HLW is a full-service design firm headquartered in New York City, with offices in Madison, New Jersey; Stamford, Connecticut; Los Angeles and San Francisco, California; West Palm Beach, Florida; and London.

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IND Queens Boulevard Line

The IND Queens Boulevard Line, sometimes abbreviated as QBL, is a line of the B Division of the New York City Subway in Manhattan and Queens, New York City, United States.

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IND Sixth Avenue Line

The IND Sixth Avenue Line is a rapid transit line of the B Division of the New York City Subway in the United States.

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International Style

The International Style or internationalism is a major architectural style that developed in the 1920s and 1930s and was closely related to modernism and modernist architecture.

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Jayson Blair

Jayson Thomas Blair (born March 23, 1976) is an American former journalist who worked for The New York Times.

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Jennifer Raab

Jennifer J. Raab is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the, one of the world’s leading nonprofit stem cell organizations with a mission to accelerate cures for the major diseases of our time through stem cell research.

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Kevin Roche

Eamonn Kevin Roche (June 14, 1922 – March 1, 2019) was an Irish-born American Pritzker Prize-winning architect.

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Knoll, Inc.

Knoll (previously Knoll Inc.; now a subsidiary brand of MillerKnoll, Inc.) is an American company that manufactures office systems, seating, storage systems, tables, desks, textiles, and accessories for the home, office, and higher education.

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Land lot

In real estate, a Land lot or plot of land is a tract or parcel of land owned or meant to be owned by some owner(s).

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Lever House

Lever House is a office building at 390 Park Avenue in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. CBS Building and Lever House are Midtown Manhattan, modernist architecture in New York City, new York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan and skyscraper office buildings in Manhattan.

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List of New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan from 14th to 59th Streets

The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC), formed in 1965, is the New York City governmental commission that administers the city's Landmarks Preservation Law. CBS Building and List of New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan from 14th to 59th Streets are new York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan.

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List of works by Eero Saarinen

This is a list of houses, commercial buildings, educational facilities, furniture designs, and other structures designed by Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen.

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Load-bearing wall

A load-bearing wall or bearing wall is a wall that is an active structural element of a building, which holds the weight of the elements above it, by conducting its weight to a foundation structure below it.

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Lou Dorfsman

Louis Dorfsman (April 24, 1918 – October 22, 2008) was an American graphic designer who oversaw almost every aspect of the advertising and corporate identity for the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) in his 40 years with the network.

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Louis Sullivan

Louis Henry Sullivan (September 3, 1856 – April 14, 1924) was an American architect, and has been called a "father of skyscrapers" and "father of modernism." He was an influential architect of the Chicago School, a mentor to Frank Lloyd Wright, and an inspiration to the Chicago group of architects who have come to be known as the Prairie School.

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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies; March 27, 1886August 17, 1969) was a German-American architect, academic, and interior designer.

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Madison Avenue

Madison Avenue is a north-south avenue in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, United States, that carries northbound one-way traffic. CBS Building and Madison Avenue are Midtown Manhattan.

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Manhattan

Manhattan is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City.

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Manhattan Community Board 5 is a New York City community board, part of the local government apparatus of the city, with the responsibility for the neighborhoods of Midtown, Times Square, most of the Theater District, the Diamond District, the Garment District, Herald Square, Koreatown, NoMad, Murray Hill and the Flatiron District, all in the borough of Manhattan.

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Massing

Massing is a term in architecture which refers to the perception of the general shape and form as well as size of a building.

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Mechanical floor

A mechanical floor, mechanical penthouse, mechanical layer or mechanical level is a story of a high-rise building that is dedicated to mechanical and electronics equipment.

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MetLife Building

The MetLife Building (also 200 Park Avenue and formerly the Pan Am Building) is a skyscraper at Park Avenue and 45th Street, north of Grand Central Terminal, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. CBS Building and MetLife Building are modernist architecture in New York City and skyscraper office buildings in Manhattan.

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Midtown Manhattan

Midtown Manhattan is the central portion of the New York City borough of Manhattan and serves as the city's primary central business district.

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Modern architecture

Modern architecture, also called modernist architecture, was an architectural movement and style that was prominent in the 20th century, between the earlier Art Deco and later postmodern movements.

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Moed de Armas and Shannon

MdeAS Architects, formerly Moed de Armas & Shannon Architects, is a New York-based architecture firm known for modern design focusing on the quality of natural materials, intelligent programming, and the redefining of Class A buildings, interiors, and public spaces.

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Municipal Art Society

The Municipal Art Society of New York (MAS) is a non-profit membership organization for preservation in New York City, which aims to encourage thoughtful planning and urban design and inclusive neighborhoods across the city.

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Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. CBS Building and museum of Modern Art are Midtown Manhattan and modernist architecture in New York City.

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NBC

The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.

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New Jersey Meadowlands

New Jersey Meadowlands, also known as the Hackensack Meadowlands after the primary river flowing through it, is a general name for a large ecosystem of wetlands in northeastern New Jersey in the United States, a few miles to the west of New York City.

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New Rochelle, New York

New Rochelle (older La Nouvelle-Rochelle) is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York City Department of City Planning

The Department of City Planning (DCP) is the department of the government of New York City responsible for setting the framework of city's physical and socioeconomic planning.

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New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission

The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) is the New York City agency charged with administering the city's Landmarks Preservation Law. CBS Building and New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission are 1965 establishments in New York City.

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New York City Subway

The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system in the New York City boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx.

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New York Hilton Midtown

The New York Hilton Midtown is the largest hotel in New York City and world's 101st tallest hotel. CBS Building and New York Hilton Midtown are Midtown Manhattan and Sixth Avenue.

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One Astor Plaza

One Astor Plaza, also known as 1515 Broadway and formerly the W. T. Grant Building, is a 54-story office building on Times Square in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. CBS Building and one Astor Plaza are mass media company headquarters in the United States and skyscraper office buildings in Manhattan.

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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe

Orrick is an international law firm founded in San Francisco, California.

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Paramount Global

Paramount Global (also known simply as Paramount) is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate controlled by National Amusements and headquartered at One Astor Plaza in Times Square, Midtown Manhattan.

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Park Avenue

Park Avenue is a boulevard in New York City that carries north and southbound traffic in the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx. CBS Building and Park Avenue are Midtown Manhattan.

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Paul Goldberger

Paul Goldberger (born December 4, 1950)Brennan, Elizabeth A.; Clarage, Elizabeth C., Greenwood Publishing Group, 1999.

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Paul Weidlinger

Paul Weidlinger (22 December 1914 – 5 September 1999) was a Hungarian structural engineer.

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Philip Johnson

Philip Cortelyou Johnson (July 8, 1906 – January 25, 2005) was an American architect who designed modern and postmodern architecture.

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Pier (architecture)

A pier, in architecture, is an upright support for a structure or superstructure such as an arch or bridge.

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Polyurethane

Polyurethane (often abbreviated PUR and PU) refers to a class of polymers composed of organic units joined by carbamate (urethane) links.

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Progressive Architecture Award

The Progressive Architecture Awards (P/A Awards) annually recognise risk-taking practitioners and seek to promote progress in the field of architecture.

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Prudential (Guaranty) Building

The Guaranty Building, formerly called the Prudential Building, is an early skyscraper in Buffalo, New York.

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Reinforced concrete

Reinforced concrete, also called ferroconcrete, is a composite material in which concrete's relatively low tensile strength and ductility are compensated for by the inclusion of reinforcement having higher tensile strength or ductility.

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Roche-Dinkeloo

Roche Dinkeloo, otherwise known as Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates LLC (KRJDA), is an architectural firm based in Hamden, Connecticut founded in 1966.

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Rockefeller Center

Rockefeller Center is a complex of 19 commercial buildings covering between 48th Street and 51st Street in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. CBS Building and Rockefeller Center are Midtown Manhattan, new York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan and skyscraper office buildings in Manhattan.

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Roof garden

A roof garden is a garden on the roof of a building.

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Salt Bae

Nusret Gökçe (born 1983), better known as Salt Bae, is a Turkish butcher, chef, and restaurateur, whose technique for preparing and seasoning meat became an internet meme in January 2017.

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Seagram Building

The Seagram Building is a skyscraper at 375 Park Avenue, between 52nd and 53rd Streets, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. CBS Building and Seagram Building are Midtown Manhattan, modernist architecture in New York City, new York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan and skyscraper office buildings in Manhattan.

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September 11 attacks

The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated Islamist terrorist suicide attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001.

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Setback (architecture)

A setback, in the specific sense of a step-back, is a step-like form of a wall or other building frontage, also termed a recession or recessed story.

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Sixth Avenue

Sixth Avenue, also known as Avenue of the Americas, is a major thoroughfare in New York City's borough of Manhattan, on which traffic runs northbound, or "uptown". CBS Building and Sixth Avenue are Midtown Manhattan.

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SOM (architectural firm)

SOM, previously Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, is a Chicago-based architectural, urban planning, and engineering firm.

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Sony Corporation of America

The Sony Corporation of America (SONAM, also known as SCA) is the American arm of the Japanese multinational conglomerate Sony Group Corporation.

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Sony Music

Sony Music Entertainment (SME), commonly known as Sony Music, is an American multinational music company owned by Sony Entertainment and managed by the American umbrella division of multinational conglomerate Sony Group Corporation.

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Stippling

Stippling is the creation of a pattern simulating varying degrees of solidity or shading by using small dots.

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Superstructure

A superstructure is an upward extension of an existing structure above a baseline.

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The Culinary Institute of America at Hyde Park

The Culinary Institute of America at Hyde Park is located in the town of Hyde Park, New York, between the Hudson River and U.S. Route 9.

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The New Yorker

The New Yorker is an American magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry.

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Travertine

Travertine is a form of terrestrial limestone deposited around mineral springs, especially hot springs.

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Trompe-l'œil

paren) is an artistic term for the highly realistic optical illusion of three-dimensional space and objects on a two-dimensional surface. Trompe l'œil, which is most often associated with painting, tricks the viewer into perceiving painted objects or spaces as real. Forced perspective is a related illusion in architecture.

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UBS

UBS Group AG is a multinational investment bank and financial services company founded and based in Switzerland.

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Viacom (1952–2005)

The original phase of Viacom Inc. (derived from "Video & Audio Communications") was an American mass media and entertainment conglomerate based in New York City.

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Viacom (2005–2019)

The second phase of Viacom Inc. (or; a portmanteau of Video & Audio Communications), was an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate with interests primarily in film and television.

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Vocon

Vocon is an architecture and interior design firm with offices in Cleveland, New York and Los Angeles.

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Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz is an American white-shoe law firm in New York City. CBS Building and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz are 1965 establishments in New York City.

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Wallace Harrison

Wallace Kirkman Harrison (September 28, 1895 – December 2, 1981) was an American architect.

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Warren Platner

Warren Platner (June 18, 1919 – April 17, 2006) was an American architect and interior designer.

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WCBS (AM)

WCBS (880 AM, "WCBS Newsradio 880") is a commercial radio station licensed to New York, New York, owned and operated by Audacy, Inc. The station's studios are in the combined Audacy facility in the Hudson Square neighborhood of Lower Manhattan and its transmitter site is located on High Island in the Bronx.

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WCBS-FM

WCBS-FM (101.1 FM) is a radio station owned and operated by Audacy, Inc. licensed to New York, New York, and broadcasting a classic hits format.

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Webb and Knapp

Webb and Knapp was a real estate development firm.

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William Lescaze

William Edmond Lescaze (March 27, 1896 – February 9, 1969), was a Swiss-born American architect, city planner and industrial designer.

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William S. Paley

William Samuel Paley (September 28, 1901 – October 26, 1990) was an American businessman, primarily involved in the media, and best known as the chief executive who built the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) from a small radio network into one of the foremost radio and television network operations in the United States.

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William Zeckendorf

William Zeckendorf Sr. (June 30, 1905 – September 30, 1976) was a prominent American real estate developer.

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Wind shear

Wind shear /ʃɪr/ (or windshear), sometimes referred to as wind gradient, is a difference in wind speed and/or direction over a relatively short distance in the atmosphere.

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Wood type

In letterpress printing, wood type is movable type made out of wood.

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1271 Avenue of the Americas

1271 Avenue of the Americas (formerly known as the Time & Life Building) is a 48-story skyscraper on Sixth Avenue (Avenue of the Americas), between 50th and 51st Streets, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. CBS Building and 1271 Avenue of the Americas are mass media company headquarters in the United States, new York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan, Sixth Avenue and skyscraper office buildings in Manhattan.

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1301 Avenue of the Americas

1301 Avenue of the Americas (also known as the Crédit Agricole CIB Building, formerly the Crédit Lyonnais Building and the J.C. Penney Building) is a 609 ft (186m) tall skyscraper in Manhattan, New York City. CBS Building and 1301 Avenue of the Americas are Midtown Manhattan, Sixth Avenue and skyscraper office buildings in Manhattan.

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1916 Zoning Resolution

The 1916 Zoning Resolution in New York City was the first citywide zoning code in the United States.

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21 Club

The 21 Club, often simply 21, was a traditional American cuisine restaurant and former prohibition-era speakeasy, located at 21 West 52nd Street in New York City. CBS Building and 21 Club are Midtown Manhattan.

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277 Park Avenue

277 Park Avenue is an office building in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. CBS Building and 277 Park Avenue are Midtown Manhattan and skyscraper office buildings in Manhattan.

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47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center station

The 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center station (formerly 47th Street–50th Street–Rockefeller Center) is an express station on the IND Sixth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. CBS Building and 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center station are Sixth Avenue.

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52nd Street (Manhattan)

52nd Street is a one-way street traveling west to east across Midtown Manhattan, New York City, United States. CBS Building and 52nd Street (Manhattan) are Midtown Manhattan.

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53rd Street (Manhattan)

53rd Street is an east–west street in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, which measures 1.83 miles (2.94 km) long. CBS Building and 53rd Street (Manhattan) are Midtown Manhattan.

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53rd Street Library

The 53rd Street Library is a branch of the New York Public Library at 18 West 53rd Street, just west of Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. CBS Building and 53rd Street Library are Midtown Manhattan.

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53W53

53 West 53 (also known as 53W53 and formerly known as Tower Verre) is a supertall skyscraper at 53 West 53rd Street in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, adjacent to the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). CBS Building and 53W53 are Midtown Manhattan.

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550 Madison Avenue

550 Madison Avenue (also 550 Madison; formerly known as the Sony Tower, Sony Plaza, and AT&T Building) is a postmodern skyscraper on Madison Avenue between 55th and 56th Streets in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, New York, U.S. Designed by Philip Johnson and John Burgee with associate architect Simmons Architects, the building is a, 37-story office tower with a facade made of pink granite. CBS Building and 550 Madison Avenue are Midtown Manhattan, modernist architecture in New York City and skyscraper office buildings in Manhattan.

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57th Street (Manhattan)

57th Street is a broad thoroughfare in the New York City borough of Manhattan, one of the major two-way, east-west streets in the borough's grid. CBS Building and 57th Street (Manhattan) are Midtown Manhattan.

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75 Rockefeller Plaza

75 Rockefeller Plaza is a skyscraper on the north side of 51st Street in New York City, originally built as a northern extension of Rockefeller Center. CBS Building and 75 Rockefeller Plaza are modernist architecture in New York City and skyscraper office buildings in Manhattan.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBS_Building

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