NEW YORK | MetLife Building | 808 FT / 247 M | 59 FLOORS | 1963

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Originally Posted by SkyscrapersOfNewYork

ya Walter Gropius were commissioned to design it in the international style.

I once read an article or book excerpt that said the tower was originally supposed to be rotated 90 degrees from where it is now (the thin facade on Park), and Gropius came in, rotated the model and deemed it much better.