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500 Fifth Avenue
500 Fifth Avenue

[Looking north on Fifth Avenue from 40th Street to 500 Fifth Avenue.]

IMAGE DATE1995
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Looking north on Fifth Avenue from 40th Street to 500 Fifth Avenue, ca. 1995.

This slab-style Art Deco skyscraper was constructed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon from 1929-32, concurrently to the firm's most celebrated skyscraper, the Empire State Building.

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