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Seagrams Building
The Seagram Building is a skyscraper in New York City, located at 375 Park Avenue, btw
52nd Street and 53rd Street in Midtown Manhattan. It was designed by the German architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, in collaboration with the
American Philip Johnson and was completed in 1958. It is 516 feet tall with 38 stories. Severud Associates were the structural engineering
consultants. It stands as one of the finest examples of the functionalist aesthetic and a masterpiece of corporate modernism. It was
designed as the headquarters for the Canadian distillers Joseph E. Seagram's & Sons, thanks to the foresight of Phyllis Lambert, the daughter of Samuel Bronfman, Seagram's CEO.


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