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Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower

Office skyscraper in Manhattan, New York
Organization skyscraper Q652452
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower
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Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower

Summary

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower is a skyscraper[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of skyscraper entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (544 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower is located in Manhattan[3].
  • Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower is in the country of United States[4].
  • Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower's image is recorded as Metropolitan Life Insurance Tower, 2024.jpg[5].
  • Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower's instance of is recorded as skyscraper[6].
  • Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower's instance of is recorded as office building[7].
  • Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower's instance of is recorded as hotel[8].
  • Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower's architect is recorded as Napoleon LeBrun[9].
  • Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower's owned by is recorded as Marriott International[10].
  • Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower's architectural style is recorded as Renaissance Revival architecture[11].
  • Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 222144782728960539663[12].
  • Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n50081001[13].
  • Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower's Commons category is recorded as Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower[14].
  • Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower's Structurae structure ID is recorded as 20000242[15].
  • Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower's Emporis building ID is recorded as 115458[16].
  • +1909-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower[17].
  • Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.74111111111111, 'lon': -73.9875}[18].
  • Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05ym86[19].
  • Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower's NRHP reference number is recorded as 78001874[20].
  • Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower's floors above ground is recorded as {'amount': '+50'}[21].
  • Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower's CTBUH Skyscraper Center building ID is recorded as 1383[22].
  • Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Metropolitan-Life-Insurance-Building[23].
  • Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower's heritage designation is recorded as New York City Landmark[24].
  • Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower's heritage designation is recorded as National Historic Landmark[25].
  • Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower's heritage designation is recorded as National Register of Historic Places listed place[26].
  • Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower's heritage designation is recorded as National Register of Historic Places contributing property[27].

Body

Founding

+1909-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower[17].

Ownership

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower's owned by is recorded as Marriott International[10].

Why It Matters

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower ranks in the top 3% of skyscraper entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (544 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Marriott International United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . National Register of Historic Places. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Floors above ground → {'amount': '+50'}
    Architect → Napoleon LeBrun
    Inception → —
    Local thumb → —
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P4839]]: Entity["Building", "MetropolitanLifeTower::444w7"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257096|batch #257096]]"
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