MetLife Building
The landmark MetLife Tower, built in 1909, has undergone a full-scale restoration. The tower is constructed of limestone and Tuckahoe marble and has a gold-leaf dome. The building’s clock tower boasts a 24-foot-diameter face on each of its four sides, with a mosaic tile background, and each numeral is actually a backlit window.
The project included:
- Replacement of lintels
- Cleaning, pointing, replacement, patching, and stabilization of limestone and marble
- Cleaning and resetting of mosaic tile in the clock faces
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Project Details
- Completion Date: 8/1/2001
- Owner: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
- Architect: Robert Silman Associates
- Historic Architect: Building Conservation Associates
- General Contractor: Structure Tone, Inc.
- Others: Gordon H. Smith, directing restoration of the clock
News and Awards
- Company of the Month: Graciano Corporation Continues To Build On Its History of Success — New York Real Estate Journal
- Graciano Company of the Month — New York Real Estate Journal
- Graciano wins Best of 2003 — New York Construction
- New York Landmarks Conservancy, 2002 Lucy G. Moses Award — MetLife Tower
- NY Construction News Awards 2002 Best Rehabilitation Project of the Year to Graciano
- Commercial Real Estate A Tower’s Big Time Restoration; MetLife’s Immense Clock Gets a Detailed Overhaul
- Golf Digest Magazine — Graciano Owner Beats Golf Record
- New York Projects Update
- 2002 Best Rehabilitation Project in NYC, New York Construction News — MetLife Building
- Living off of the Past — Pittsburgh Post-Gazette