Grace Building (New York)
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The W.R. Grace Building is a 50-story skyscraper in New York City. It is 192 m (630 feet) tall.
The building was designed principally by Gordon Bunshaft, and completed in 1971. The building was commissioned by the W.R. Grace Corporation, and was also used by the Deloitte & Touche Corporation. However, today it is inhabited by several other organizations, most notably AOL Time Warner and Limited Brands.
The building is located at 1116 Avenue of the Americas (also known as Sixth Avenue), but the main entrance is on 42nd Street, between 5th and 6th. It overlooks Bryant Park and the New York Public Library.
One of the notable aesthetic attributes of the building is the concave vertical slope of its north and south facades, on 42nd and 43rd Street. This is similar to another of Bunshaft's creations, the Solow Building. The exterior of the building is covered in white travertine, which forms a contrast against the black windows and makes the building appear brighter than those surrounding it.
The Grace Building in located on the former site of Stern's department stores' flagship location and headquarters.
In 2005, the City University of New York opened a "Welcome Center" on the ground floor of the Grace Building as a one-stop information center for prospective students.[1]
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