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Ford Foundation Building

office building in Manhattan, New York
Place Tower Block Q5467785

Facts

11 properties

Designation

Instance of
tower block, office building, headquarters[4][5]
Heritage designation
New York City Landmark[12]

Location

Country
United States[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 40.750°, -73.971°[10]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Manhattan[2]

Period and style

Inception
1968[9]
Architect
Kevin Roche[6]
Architectural style
modern architecture[8]
More facts +3
Official website
www.fordfoundation.org[11]
Commissioned by
Ford Foundation[7]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Architourist Guide[13]
🏷️ Also known as
en Ford Foundation Building el Ford Foundation Building el Κτίριο Ιδρύματος Φορντ fa مرکز عدالت اجتماعی بنیاد فورد fr Ford Foundation Building fr Immeuble de la fondation Ford he בית קרן פורד ja フォード財団ビル
🔖 Identifiers · 10
VIAF cluster ID
316746774
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Ford foundation building 1.JPG ↗
ArchINFORM project ID
1860
Atlas Obscura place ID
new-york-s-hidden-tropical-forest
Freebase ID
/m/03yb89b
NYC Building Identification Number (BIN)
1038659
New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission ID
1969, 1970
OpenStreetMap way ID
265517922
SkyscraperPage building ID
70310
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Building", "CooperUnionFoundationBuilding::t6667"]

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 3
headquarters, tower block, office building
Architect 1
Kevin Roche
Architectural style 1
modern architecture
Commissioned by 1
Ford Foundation
Country 1
United States
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Manhattan
← Headquarters location 1
Ford Foundation
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Summary

Ford Foundation Building is a tower block[1].

Related Entities

Kevin Roche United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · IdeasMagnet · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    OpenStreetMap way ID → 265517922
    "Created claim: OpenStreetMap way ID: 265517922, Adding OSM way id claim from wikidata tag on way/265517922 in United States"
  2. 27w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Architect → Kevin Roche
    Wolfram Language entity code → Entity["Building", "CooperUnionFoundationBuilding::t6667"]
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Manhattan
    Commissioned by → Ford Foundation
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Wolfram Language entity code: Entity["Building", "CooperUnionFoundationBuilding::t6667"], batch #257096"
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