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
- 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
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