This was known as the GE building. Come into the lobby if you love art deco architecture; it's truly stunning!
Completed in 1952 for the British soap company, the building's use of a bottle-green glass curtain wall revolutionized the aesthetics of corporate architecture. Read more.
Designed by Modernist master Mies van der Rohe, it has a Koons Balloon Dog sculpture in its lobby and the Four Seasons restaurant (for which Rothko made paintings) off to one side.
Grand Central is one of the oldest US train stations still standing. Unequivocal beauty and amazing architecture. Even if you're not going anywhere go inside and just look around!
just sit and take in 360 degrees of amazing architecture: Flatiron, Met Life, NY Life, One Madison Park...
Old Dime Savings Bank of NY bldg; see http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dime_Savings_Bank_of_New_York
Look at the ceiling in the Main Concourse. A single dark patch remains above the Michael Jordan Steakhouse, left untouched by renovators to remind visitors of the grime that once covered the ceiling.
The best library in the entire city. it has three floors and the collection are simply phenomenal. Overal, the interiors remind you of a museum.
