@NYC Fan posted:Built in 1929 The New York Central Building, the intended backdrop for Grand Central Terminal, rises above the magnificent statuary on top of the terminal. The NYC Building stands 32 stories high with a pyramid roof capped by an ornate cupola. Unfortunately this view of this beautiful building was blocked when the railroad did away with the baggage and express portion of the terminal and allowed The Pan Am Building to be erected between them in 1960.
Beautiful shot, Skip. I can’t count the number of times I drove “through” that building when I lived in the city and I never knew that it was the NYC Building. Thanks for the history.
P.S. Google Maps refers to the Pan Am/Met Life Building as the “Looming tower bisecting Park Avenue”