Editing Seagram Building (section)

{{Short description|Office skyscraper in Manhattan, New York}}
{{Redirect|Seagram Tower|the structure in Ontario originally named Seagram Tower|Tower Hotel (Niagara Falls)|the structure in Montreal, Quebec, that formerly served as Seagram's headquarters|Seagram House}}
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{{Infobox building
| name             = Seagram Building
| image            = Seagram Building (35098307116).jpg
| image_alt        = A tall glass tower, as viewed from across Park Avenue. There are two other buildings to the left and right.
| image_size       = 300px
| image_caption    = The Seagram Building as viewed from across Park Avenue
| completion_date  = {{start date and age|1958}}
| opened           = {{start date and age|1958|05|22}}
| building_type    = [[Office]]
| architectural_style = [[International Style (architecture)|International Style]]
| location         = 375 [[Park Avenue (Manhattan)|Park Avenue]], [[Manhattan]], New York 10152, U.S.
| mapframe-wikidata = yes
| mapframe-width   = 300
| mapframe-height  = 300
| coordinates      = {{Coord|40|45|31|N|73|58|20|W|region:US-NY_type:landmark|name=Seagram Building|display=it}}
| roof             = {{convert|516|ft|m|abbr=on}}
| top_floor        = {{convert|465|ft|m|abbr=on}}
| antenna_spire    = 
| floor_count      = 38
| floor_area       = {{convert|849,014|ft2|m2|abbr=on}}
| elevator_count   = 
| owner            = [[Aby Rosen]]
| architect        = [[Ludwig Mies van der Rohe]]; [[Philip Johnson]]
| structural_engineer = [[Severud Associates]]
| engineer         = [[Jaros, Baum & Bolles]] (MEP)
| references       = 
| embedded         = {{Infobox historic site
| embed                   = yes
| designation1            = NRHP
| designation1_date       = February 24, 2006<ref name="nris_2006"/>
| designation1_number     = 06000056<ref name="nris_2006"/>
| designation2            = NYSRHP
| designation2_date       = December 14, 2005<ref name="Cultural Resource Information System">{{cite web |title=Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS) |publisher=New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation |date=November 7, 2014 |url=https://cris.parks.ny.gov/ |access-date=July 20, 2023}}</ref>
| designation2_number     = 06101.010696<ref name="Cultural Resource Information System"/>
| designation3            = NYCL
| designation3_date       = October 3, 1989<ref name="nyt19891004"/><ref name="newsday19891004" />
| designation3_number     = 1664<ref>{{harvnb|Breiner|1989b|ps=.|p=1}}</ref>
| designation3_free1name  = Designated entity
| designation3_free1value = Facade
| designation4            = NYCL
| designation4_date       = October 3, 1989<ref name="nyt19891004"/><ref name="newsday19891004" />
| designation4_number     = 1665<ref>{{harvnb|Breiner|1989a|ps=.|p=1}}</ref>
| designation4_free1name  = Designated entity
| designation4_free1value = Interior: Lobby
| designation5            = NYCL
| designation5_date       = October 3, 1989<ref name="nyt19891004"/><ref name="newsday19891004" />
| designation5_number     = 1666<ref>{{harvnb|Breiner|Urbanelli|1989|ps=.|p=1}}</ref>
| designation5_free1name  = Designated entity
| designation5_free1value = Interior: [[Four Seasons Restaurant]]
}}
}}

The '''Seagram Building''' is a [[skyscraper]] at 375 [[Park Avenue]], between [[52nd Street (Manhattan)|52nd]] and [[53rd Street (Manhattan)|53rd]] Streets, in the [[Midtown Manhattan]] neighborhood of [[New York City]]. Designed by [[Ludwig Mies van der Rohe]] along with [[Philip Johnson]], [[Ely Jacques Kahn]], and [[Robert Allan Jacobs]], the [[high-rise]] tower is {{convert|515|ft}} tall with 38 stories. The [[International Style (architecture)|International Style]] building, completed in 1958, initially served as the headquarters of the [[Seagram|Seagram Company]], a Canadian [[distiller]].

[[Phyllis Lambert]], daughter of Seagram CEO [[Samuel Bronfman]], heavily influenced the Seagram Building's design, an example of the [[Functionalism (architecture)|functionalist]] aesthetic and a prominent instance of corporate [[modern architecture]]. A glass [[Curtain wall (architecture)|curtain wall]] with vertical [[mullion]]s of [[bronze]] and horizontal [[spandrel]]s made of [[Muntz metal]] form the building's exterior. On Park Avenue is a pink-granite public plaza with two fountains. Behind the plaza is a tall elevator lobby with a similar design to the plaza. The lowest stories originally contained the [[Four Seasons Restaurant]], which was replaced in 2017 with the Grill and Pool restaurants, and the Brasserie restaurant, which was superseded in 1995 by the Lobster Club. On the upper stories are [[Modular building|modular]] office spaces.

Seagram revealed plans for the building in July 1954, when it announced construction of its headquarters on the up-and-coming commercial strip of Park Avenue. After Lambert objected to [[Pereira & Luckman]]'s original design, Mies was selected as the architect that November. The building's construction began in late 1955 and finished in 1958, although the official certificate of occupancy was not granted until 1959. The [[Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America]] (TIAA) purchased the building in 1979, and it remained Seagram's headquarters until 2001. TIAA sold the building in 2000 to [[Aby Rosen]]'s RFR Holding LLC, which has continued to operate the structure.

Upon opening, the Seagram Building was widely praised for its architecture. Described in ''[[The New York Times]]'' as one of "New York's most copied buildings",<!--cited below--> the Seagram Building has inspired the designs of other structures around the world. Within New York City, the Seagram Building helped influence the [[1961 Zoning Resolution]], a [[zoning]] ordinance that allowed developers to construct additional floor area in exchange for including plazas outside their buildings. In 1989, the [[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]] designated the Seagram Building's exterior, lobby, and The Four Seasons Restaurant as official city landmarks. The building was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2006.