Adress: 685 5th AvenueDistrict: MidtownBorough: Manhattan, New York City
- Status: completed
- Construction completed: 1926
- Floor : 17
- Architect: Sloan & Robertson
- Building Type: Tall Building
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Plate 18: Bounded by E. 64th Street, Avenue A, E. 52nd Street, W. 52nd Street, Sixth Avenue, W. 59th Street and Fifth Avenue. 1885
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Midtown - New York 1916
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Located in Midtown, this tall building designed by Sloan & Robertson was completed in 1926
What happened in New York the same year (1926)
Jimmy Walker became mayor of New York City in 1926.
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