Lever House
Midtown East
NYC's first all-glass office tower floats above Park Avenue like a shimmering green prism. Completed in 1952, this Gordon Bunshaft masterpiece broke from Park Avenue's masonry tradition with transparent curtain walls and an open street-level plaza.
Mid-century modernist icon
Glass curtain wall pioneer
Landmarked architecture
Park Avenue landmark
Tips
🏢pair with Seagram Building across the street
🎨check the plaza for rotating sculptures
Lever House
Midtown East
NYC's first all-glass office tower floats above Park Avenue like a shimmering green prism. Completed in 1952, this Gordon Bunshaft masterpiece broke from Park Avenue's masonry tradition with transparent curtain walls and an open street-level plaza.
Mid-century modernist icon
Glass curtain wall pioneer
Landmarked architecture
Park Avenue landmark
Tips
🏢pair with Seagram Building across the street
🎨check the plaza for rotating sculptures