Metropolitan Life Towers
New York City
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Official Name
Metropolitan Life Towers
Type
Complex
Status
Completed
Country
City
Function
hotel / office
# of Hotel Rooms
273
Map of Buildings in Complex
Note: Only buildings that have GPS coordinates recorded are displayed.
List of Buildings in Complex
|
RANK
|
Name
|
Completion
|
Height
|
Floors
|
Function
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Metropolitan Life Tower | 1909 |
213 m / 700 ft |
50 | Hotel / Office |
| 2 | Metropolitan Life North Building | 1950 |
137 m / 451 ft |
31 | Office |
| 3 | Metropolitan Life North Annex | - |
- m / - ft |
100 | Office |
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