NEW YORK | Metlife North Building | 1454+ FT | 100 FLOORS | NEVER COMPLETED

[C.]

Originally Posted by Swede

Fewer floors, but taller than the Empire State, It would have have wrested the icon status away from the ESB (but probably not completely - both would have been icons). It's got 30 elevators (enough for the 100 storey tower) even has its own subway station.

http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=8942
what was built:
http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=8325



They got to the 30th floor before construction stopped. The economy in 1933 wasn't good, so they just stopped. The building is suposed to be strong enough to support a continuation, so there's always a tiny bit of hope

Damn!! What an awesome, awesome factoid.

[Lincolnlover2005]

So wait, technically this could be completed right?

[canucklehead2]

Yes and it chaps my ass! All half built towers should be finished. I'm looking at you, Book Tower 2 in Detroit!

[Lincolnlover2005]

Originally Posted by NYguy

I would gladly sacrifice one of our planned supertalls (or a few of them) to see this built to its original glory.

I know this is an old post but, would you want Metlife North completed instead of 175 Park rising?

[MAC123]

Originally Posted by Lincolnlover2005

I know this is an old post but, would you want Metlife North completed instead of 175 Park rising?

Ha! No. I love this project, I love 175 Park more. Now maybe we can give up a HY supertall or one of the random ones

[Lincolnlover2005]

Originally Posted by MAC123

Ha! No. I love this project, I love 175 Park more. Now maybe we can give up a HY supertall or one of the random ones

I'd give up either Penn15 or that gaudy 740 Eighth Ave

[Ryanel181]

Not only is this quite possibly the greatest cancelled skyscraper ever envisioned, but I would also go as far to say that this is the greatest skyscraper ever thought of. The design of it is flawless, a work of art that even rival the ESB. Definitely my favorite skyscraper design of all time. I just love Art Deco and the Step-back designs. Great depression architecture, it just works!

[NYguy]

The building as we know it today was built in 3 phases, I believe over two decades. The success SL Green is having with the expanded One Madison makes me dream. Even if there were condos instead of offices, it would still be a dream to see some form of completion of the full tower here.

Originally Posted by NYguy

Second phase...

Originally Posted by Lincolnlover2005

I know this is an old post but, would you want Metlife North completed instead of 175 Park rising?

Nope. That’s the best we’ve got coming.

[Xing Lin]

Some photos and articles featuring models of the MetLife North Building created by Theodore Conrad and Harvey Wiley Corbett from 1929, which give some really interesting details as to the two supertall designs which were proposed:



https://drawingmatter.org/theodore-conrad-and-harvey-wiley-corbett/
https://drawingmatter.org/the-architectural-models-of-theodore-conrad-review/

[NYguy]

That beauty would be a perfect piece to this puzzle. I can dream...



https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo...phrase=manhattan%20skyline&adppopup=true

[NYguy]

https://www.crainsnewyork.com/real-estat...inance-14b-mortgage-11-madison-ave-tower

SL Green, Prudential to refinance $1.4B mortgage for 11 Madison Ave tower





Aaron Elstein
September 15, 2025

The giant limestone Art Deco building at 11 Madison Ave. is close to refinancing its $1.4 billion mortgage.

Co-owners SL Green and Prudential Financial would put up a $52.5 million down payment in order to secure the new loan, whose five-year term would be half the length of the expiring one, S&P Global said in a new report. The new mortgage is expected to be priced on Monday and carry a 5.8% interest rate. The expiring loan’s rate is 3.6%.

11 Madison is a 2.3 million square-foot tower across the street from the Flatiron Building with anchor tenants Swiss banking giant UBS and Sony. However, the Class A property is probably best known as home for the Eleven Madison Park restaurant with three Michelin stars. Pinterest recently took a floor, and the 93%-leased building’s other tenants include Fidelity, Suntory, Tempus AI and William Morris Entertainment, S&P said.

Developed initially in 1932 as a warehouse for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., the 30-story landmarked tower was intended to reach 100 floors and become the tallest building in the world before the Great Depression foiled those plans. Its floor plates of approximately 100,000 square feet each are among the largest in the city.