590 Madison Avenue - Overview

Overview

590 Madison Avenue is an office building formerly owned by IBM. It was completed in 1983, and was used as the company headquarters until it was sold to E. J. Minskoff Equity Inc. in 1994. The building is located on Madison Avenue between 56th and 57th Streets in Manhattan, New York City. As a 41 story building, its height reaches 603 feet (184m). It has a unique wedge shape and an adjacent, privately owned public space covered by a glass structure, which contains resting chairs, tables, and bamboo trees, and is used for pedestrian circulation, resting, amenities, art displays and cultural events.

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