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Building in Chicago, Illinois New York Life Insurance Building (1900) General information Status Completed Location Chicago, Illinois Coordinates 41°52′53.2″N 87°37′56.2″W / 41.881444°N 87.632278°W / 41.881444; -87.632278 Completed 1894 Technical details Floor count 14 Design and construction Architect(s) William Le Baron Jenney Chicago Landmark Designated July 26, 2006 ...
For New York Life's 150th anniversary, in 1994–1995 the pyramid was restored with new tiles and lit at a cost of $4.1 million. [22] The New York Life Insurance Company continued to maintain its headquarters in the building, but started leasing extra office space through Cushman and Wakefield in 2004. [76]
Following World War II, New York Life further diversified; it invested in real estate development in the late 1940s and launched a mortgage-loan program for veterans in 1946. [15] In 1957, New York Life hired one of the industry's first black agents, Cirilo McSween. [8] [18] In the 1970s, New York Life began selling annuities and mutual funds. [15]
The Manhattan Theatre Club moved into City Center's basement in 1984, [51] [52] and the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission designated City Center as a city landmark that year. [56] The same year, developer Ian Bruce Eichner proposed buying City Center's air rights to obtain additional space for his neighboring CitySpire development.
New York Life Insurance Building or New York Life Building may refer to: New York Life Insurance Building (Montreal) New York Life Insurance Building (Chicago), Illinois; New York Life Building (Kansas City, Missouri) New York Life Building, New York City; The former New York Life Insurance Company Building, now 108 Leonard, New York City
The building opened in October 1930, and was originally home to the New York State Departments of Taxation, Finance, and Motor Vehicles. [3] Originally known as the New York State Office Building, the State renamed it in honor of Louis J. Lefkowitz, then the longest-serving Attorney General of New York, in 1984. [1]
One of the early tenants in the Home Life Building was the New York City Rapid Transit Commission, forerunner to the New York City Board of Transportation. [68] At 253 Broadway, Postal Telegraph took the top three floors, a section of the basement, and a ground-floor corner office. Sprague Electric also occupied offices there. [18]
New York Art Deco: A Guide to Gotham's Jazz Age Architecture. Excelsior Editions. State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-1-4384-6396-4. OCLC 953576510. Waid, D. Everett; Corbett, Harvey Wiley (2003) [First published 1933]. "Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: New Home Office Building in New York". In Shepherd, Roger (ed.).