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383 Madison Avenue
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383 Madison Avenue, or the Bear Stearns Building, is an office building in New York City located between 46th and 47th Streets. Designed by David Childs of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, it is 237 meters (777 feet) tall with 47 floors. It was completed in 2001 and opened in 2002, at which time it was, by some reports, the 88th tallest building in the world. It currently houses the world headquarters for Bear Stearns.
The tower has an octagonal footprint and rises out of a rectangular base to a 70 foot crown made of glass which is illuminated at night.
The building has not been a hit with some critics. New York Magazine said, "This is a building you wouldn't want to get anywhere near at a cocktail party. Dressed nearly head to toe in dour granite, and geometrically proper, it's stiff to the point of pass-out boredom. Out of character with SOM's (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill's) current work, the design recalls the firm's unfortunate postmodern interlude a decade ago." [1]
A 72-story tower proposed by G Ware Travelstead for the site during the 1980s was never built. The building (also being referred as Travelstead Tower [2]) was designed by Kohn Pederson Fox.
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