# NEW YORK | One Madison Avenue | 404 FT | 27 FLOORS **URL:** \ **Category:** Completed\ **Created:** [July 19, 2018, 10:55pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-one-madison-avenue-404-ft-27-floors/4452 "2018-07-19T22:55:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![YIMHudson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/yimhudson/32/2304_2.png) [@YIMHudson](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/YIMHudson)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 10:55pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-one-madison-avenue-404-ft-27-floors/4452/1 "2018-07-19T22:55:42Z")
> **[One Madison Avenue | SL Green | Marc Holliday](https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2018/07/19/sl-green-will-redevelop-one-madison-avenue-when-credit-suisse-lease-expires-in-2020/)** > > SL Green Realty will use excess air rights to redevelop One Madison Avenue when Credit Suisse's lease expires in 2020. * * * formerly ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/0/4/0483697b19b824dd148b85fbad8d8e7e59fca22e.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![YIMHudson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/yimhudson/32/2304_2.png) [@YIMHudson](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/YIMHudson)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2019, 5:16pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-one-madison-avenue-404-ft-27-floors/4452/2 "2019-10-11T17:16:57Z")
> **[SL Green Seeking JV Partners on One Madison Avenue](https://commercialobserver.com/2019/10/sl-green-seeking-jv-partners-on-one-madison-avenue/)** > > SL Green is on the hunt for joint-venture equity on One Madison Avenue, its $2.3 billion development on the border of Madison Square Park. * * * [http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/JobsQueryByNumberServlet?requestid=2&passjobnumber=121206195&passdocnumber=01](http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/JobsQueryByNumberServlet?requestid=2&passjobnumber=121206195&passdocnumber=01) > **[SL Green Reveals Major Addition Atop One Madison Avenue, Designed by Kohn...](https://newyorkyimby.com/2018/12/sl-green-reveals-major-addition-atop-one-madison-avenue-designed-by-kohn-pedersen-fox.html)** > > YIMBY has the latest update on SL Green's plans for an 18-story office addition atop One Madison Avenue next to Madison Square Park in Manhattan ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/3/b/3b284c73b2971ba176a9010cfa659e120df674a7.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![ophizer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e36b37/32.png) [@ophizer](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/ophizer)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 1:40am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-one-madison-avenue-404-ft-27-floors/4452/3 "2019-10-12T01:40:31Z")
missed opportunity, that Libeskind tower could have been iconic ---
**Author:** ![TK2000](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/tk2000/32/114212_2.png) [@TK2000](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/TK2000)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 1:44am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-one-madison-avenue-404-ft-27-floors/4452/4 "2019-10-12T01:44:43Z")
Oooh noo, leave the original building alone now ---
**Author:** ![mtoltethys](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mtoltethys/32/30087_2.png) [@mtoltethys](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/mtoltethys)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 2:02am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-one-madison-avenue-404-ft-27-floors/4452/5 "2019-10-12T02:02:36Z")
At least use a limestone facade, tf. Madison square has been defiled by glass monstrosities ---
**Author:** ![robermat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e495f1/32.png) [@robermat](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/robermat)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 1:19am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-one-madison-avenue-404-ft-27-floors/4452/6 "2020-03-17T01:19:02Z")
No glass boxes!!! Period!!! ---
**Author:** ![Mackensen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mackensen/32/138218_2.png) [@Mackensen](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Mackensen)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-one-madison-avenue-404-ft-27-floors/4452/7 "2020-07-05T16:28:36Z")
[https://www.instagram.com/p/CCHmKA0DWdv/](https://www.instagram.com/p/CCHmKA0DWdv/) ---
**Author:** ![robertwalpole](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/robertwalpole/32/15739_2.png) [@robertwalpole](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/robertwalpole)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-one-madison-avenue-404-ft-27-floors/4452/8 "2020-07-05T16:58:36Z")
They never show the PAS side. I’d like to see that. ---
**Author:** ![TK2000](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/tk2000/32/114212_2.png) [@TK2000](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/TK2000)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-one-madison-avenue-404-ft-27-floors/4452/9 "2020-07-05T18:19:37Z")
Watch there be a blank wall ---
**Author:** ![robertwalpole](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/robertwalpole/32/15739_2.png) [@robertwalpole](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/robertwalpole)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 8:50pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-one-madison-avenue-404-ft-27-floors/4452/10 "2020-07-05T20:50:59Z")
Definitely not. I suspect that it will be the same as the Madison and 23rd St. ---
**Author:** ![YIMHudson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/yimhudson/32/2304_2.png) [@YIMHudson](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/YIMHudson)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 1:36am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-one-madison-avenue-404-ft-27-floors/4452/11 "2020-08-04T01:36:44Z")
IBM is reportedly interested in this, but I hope Silverstein is courting them for 2 WTC. > **[IBM Searches for 500K Square Foot Office Space in Manhattan - The Real Deal](https://therealdeal.com/2020/07/31/ibm-narrows-search-for-big-manhattan-office/)** > > While others question the long-term viability of office space in urban centers, IBM is looking for a massive Manhattan office space. ---
**Author:** ![bpc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@bpc](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/bpc)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 1:52am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-one-madison-avenue-404-ft-27-floors/4452/12 "2020-08-04T01:52:51Z")
They better be. Similar timeframes for each development, IBM is definitely an eligible anchor ---
**Author:** ![JC\_Heights](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/jc_heights/32/90668_2.png) [@JC\_Heights](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/JC_Heights)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 12:16am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-one-madison-avenue-404-ft-27-floors/4452/13 "2020-10-06T00:16:31Z")
Yesterday Scaffolding going up. ![PXL_20201004_201614311](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/4/8/48c18a0a3d6ee58556f2b024d394dbc694d6f006.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Mackensen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mackensen/32/138218_2.png) [@Mackensen](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Mackensen)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 9:50pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-one-madison-avenue-404-ft-27-floors/4452/14 "2020-10-07T21:50:33Z")
My Skyscraper history over the Metropolitan Life Inc. Building (may 1893-1905). ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/7/7/778ac1890484477fa6b61898df2474e8d8782f29.jpeg) Its cost is nearly 3,000,000$ and its height is ten stories. Situated on Madison Square, at the northeast corner of 23rd Street and Madison Ave., it has 125 Feet of width on the avenue and 145 on the street. Its style is Early Italien Renaissance, in purely white marble, beautifully carved. The main entrance is on Madison Ave. by a corridor 18 feet in width, covered by a stained glass dome, paved in a mosaic, 75 feet in height, lined with delicately decorated marble and onyx. (Moses King 1893) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/b/4/b482e23345ff046291b38e56561a0a5bc2fdb061.jpeg) Orginal Rendering from 1893. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/f/4/f496a519df3017771049e63a8487ddc0442e7de5.jpeg) Glimpse of second story, and mosaic dome of the Marble Court. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/1/a/1abe4c3a282061154296cee10bd21411fa6651d0.jpeg) Marble Court and Grand Stairway. Marble Arcade at the right nearly four hundred feet long, leading to Fourth Ave. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/a/e/ae06a2a851a17289bdacce0eed4d4912d0c92aed.jpeg) View from the Flat-Iron Building 1905. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/0/6/066ec669c6437f0302a3b80e4f46be075bf1eb2e.jpeg) 1905. Collection Mackensen ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/3/b/3b5ec82fb4e258500083d7607ce900b80b479ad2.jpeg) Shorty Pic. > **[Shorpy Historical Picture Archive :: World's Tallest: 1909 high-resolution photo](https://www.shorpy.com/node/4744?size=_original#caption)** > > Vintage photographs available as fine-art prints or digital stock images Why was the building renovated in the 1950s? ---
**Author:** ![IhateUSsteel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/ihateussteel/32/24981_2.png) [@IhateUSsteel](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/IhateUSsteel)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 9:55pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-one-madison-avenue-404-ft-27-floors/4452/15 "2020-10-07T21:55:07Z")
When the original building was demolished for the newer one, around 1955: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/4/4/44563f5b5a80ba992e6146d025f48c625c62a1c8.jpeg) When they brutalized the tower part, around 1962: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/9/4/94d16c3750b38cda707b247742388cf8d3938388.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![YIMHudson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/yimhudson/32/2304_2.png) [@YIMHudson](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/YIMHudson)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 10:16pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-one-madison-avenue-404-ft-27-floors/4452/16 "2020-11-16T22:16:34Z")
> **[SL Green JV closes on $1.25B loan, starts construction of One Madison tower |...](https://rew-online.com/sl-green-jv-closes-on-1-25b-loan-starts-construction-of-one-madison-tower/)** > > The funding is the biggest office construction loan in the city this year ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/2/5/259e6cda97783f80cc51cc77b238ae3a4c9af26f.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Mackensen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mackensen/32/138218_2.png) [@Mackensen](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Mackensen)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 7:57pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-one-madison-avenue-404-ft-27-floors/4452/17 "2020-11-19T19:57:06Z")
Video from SL Green [https://www.instagram.com/p/CHvdF5WjB1M/](https://www.instagram.com/p/CHvdF5WjB1M/) ---
**Author:** ![Mackensen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/mackensen/32/138218_2.png) [@Mackensen](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Mackensen)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2020, 7:21pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-one-madison-avenue-404-ft-27-floors/4452/18 "2020-11-22T19:21:09Z")
> **[MetLife Building's Art Deco Skybridge Demolished For New Office Tower](https://gothamist.com/news/metlife-buildings-art-deco-skybridge-demolished-new-office-tower)** > > “It was a particular moment where function and sheer design worked together beautifully,” one historic preservationist said of the skybridge. ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/c/3/c312ff16a20c2480335abd7bda2eef4d7ad489f0.jpeg) > **[SL Green Closes $1.25B Construction Loan for One Madison Avenue | GlobeSt](https://www.globest.com/2020/11/16/sl-green-closes-1-25b-construction-loan-for-one-madison-avenue/?slreturn=20220731222932)** > > With financing in place, construction will now begin on the 1.4 million-square-foot development that will encompass a full block and reach 27 stories. ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/b/1/b13bf144885f0c18d83191d85b30e8ec8883f61e.jpeg) > **[Scale Architectural Model Seen Mayor Bill Redaktionelles Stockfoto – Stockbild...](https://www.shutterstock.com/de/editorial/image-editorial/groundbreaking-ceremony-for-one-madison-avenue-new-york-united-states-16-nov-2020-11019012g)** > > Das redaktionelle Stockfoto Scale Architectural Model Seen Mayor Bill und weitere Fotos finden Sie in der Shutterstock-Kollektion zur redaktionellen Fotografie. Täglich kommen 1000 neue Fotos hinzu. ---
**Author:** ![Skyalign](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/skyalign/32/128133_2.png) [@Skyalign](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Skyalign)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2020, 9:38pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-one-madison-avenue-404-ft-27-floors/4452/19 "2020-11-22T21:38:30Z")
Are there any photos of what the skybridge looked like inside? ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 9:18pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-one-madison-avenue-404-ft-27-floors/4452/20 "2020-12-02T21:18:09Z")
is there a reason the skybridge had to be removed? It doesn’t seem the new building is being built where the skybridge was located. [Next page](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/new-york-one-madison-avenue-404-ft-27-floors/4452.md?page=2)