Edificio Ariztía is a building located at 52 Nueva York Street in downtown

Santiago, Chile Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile (), is the capital and largest city of Chile and one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is located in the country's central valley and is the center of the Santiago Metropolitan Regi ...

, on a wedge-shaped

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. It was completed in 1921 and is considered the first "skyscraper" in Santiago. The building, constructed in

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, was the first office building in Santiago with an elevator.

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