CBS Building, Modernist skyscraper on West 52nd Street, Manhattan, US
The CBS Building rises 491 feet with 38 floors, featuring dark gray granite piers alternating with gray-tinted glass windows across its entire facade.
Architect Eero Saarinen completed this corporate headquarters in 1964, establishing a new standard for modernist commercial architecture in New York City.
The structure earned the nickname Black Rock due to its dark granite exterior, reflecting the power of television broadcasting networks in American society.
Located between 52nd and 53rd Streets along Sixth Avenue, the building contains 800,000 square feet of office space with reinforced concrete construction.
The V-shaped granite piers create an optical effect where the building appears as a solid dark mass from certain angles but reveals glass surfaces from others.
Location: Manhattan
Inception: 1964
Architects: Eero Saarinen
Architectural style: modern architecture
Floors above the ground: 38
Address: 51 W. 52nd Street 10019
GPS coordinates: 40.76118,-73.97879
Latest update: May 26, 2025 21:25
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