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599 Lexington Avenue is a 653 ft (199m) tall, 50-story skyscraper in 
It is tied with both of the
FXFowle Architects completed a remodel of the interior lobby
hallways, and elevators to better light the Stella artwork and brighten the lobby space. Bruce Fowle, the architect, was a protegé of Edward Larrabee Barnes and past employee. Advertising firm,
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Architecture View; Out-of-Town Builders Bring Their Shows to New York
''The New York Times'', June 1, 1986. {{Midtown East, Manhattan Skyscraper office buildings in Manhattan Midtown Manhattan Lexington Avenue Office buildings completed in 1986 Edward Larrabee Barnes buildings Turtle Bay, Manhattan
Midtown Manhattan
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, New York City
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, designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes/John MY Lee Architects. It was the first building constructed by Mortimer Zuckerman
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and his company Boston Properties
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in New York City. The site was acquired for $84 million in 1984, and completed in 1986. The building is adjacent to the Citicorp Tower and is considered a well-designed contextual partner to the area. The entryway to the Lexington Ave. subway with glass shed roof, was an homage to the Citicorp Tower roof.
It is tied with both of the Silver Towers
The Silver Towers are twin residential buildings in the Hell's Kitchen (also referred to as Clinton) neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. The 60-story buildings stand on the west side of Eleventh Avenue between 41st Street and 42nd Stre ...
as the 89th tallest building in New York City. The lobby contains Frank Stella
Frank Philip Stella (born May 12, 1936) is an American painter, sculptor and printmaker, noted for his work in the areas of minimalism and post-painterly abstraction. Stella lives and works in New York City.
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Frank Stella was born in ...
's ''Salto nel Mio Sacco''. The property also contains an entry to the Lexington Avenue/51st Street station
The Lexington Avenue/51st Street station is a New York City Subway station complex on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line and IND Queens Boulevard Line. The station is located on Lexington Avenue and stretches from 51st Street to 53rd Street in Midto ...
of the New York City Subway, served by the . The building was completed without an anchor tenant.
In 2016FXFowle Architects completed a remodel of the interior lobby
hallways, and elevators to better light the Stella artwork and brighten the lobby space. Bruce Fowle, the architect, was a protegé of Edward Larrabee Barnes and past employee. Advertising firm,
Pentagram
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, assisted with the graphical design of the way-finding information
Awards
599 Lexington Avenue was awarded the University of Virginia's Thomas Jefferson Award for Architecture in 1981In popular media
599 Lexington Ave was used extensively as the headquarters of the fictional Pemrose Corporation in the 1987 Michael J, Fox movie, "The Secret of My Success."Tenants
*Shearman & Sterling
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(the major tenant; expanded holdings by six floors in 2002)
*Cowen Group
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*K&L Gates
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* Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (17th floor & entire 18th floor), having moved from 320 Park Avenue
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*Reed Smith
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History
Reed Smith was founded in Pittsburgh in 1877 by ...
(22nd floor)
*Commonwealth Bank
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North American Branch (30th floor)
*Atreaus Capital, Cogent Partners and Istithmar World
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(each occupying part of the 38th floor)
* Cornerstone Research (41st floor & entire 42nd, 43rd and 44th floors)
* Retromer Therapeutics (47th floor)
See also
*List of tallest buildings in New York City
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Paul Goldberger
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Biography
Shortly after starting as a reporter at ''The New York Times'' in 1972, he was assign ...
Architecture View; Out-of-Town Builders Bring Their Shows to New York
''The New York Times'', June 1, 1986. {{Midtown East, Manhattan Skyscraper office buildings in Manhattan Midtown Manhattan Lexington Avenue Office buildings completed in 1986 Edward Larrabee Barnes buildings Turtle Bay, Manhattan