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The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower at 1 Madison Avenue is a skyscraper in Madison Square, Manhattan, New York City. Often called the Met Life Tower, it comprises the original 11-storey office building completed in 1893, and a 700 feet (213 meter) tall tower completed in 1909. The completion of the tower allowed the Met Life Company Tower to take over the title of tallest building in the world from the Flatiron Building. It was surpassed in height by the Woolworth Company Tower in 1913.
The Met Life Tower has a clock face on each side. The clock measures 26.5 feet in diameter, with each of the numbers being four feet tall. The minute hands alone weigh half a ton.
The Met Life Tower was the headquarters of the Metropolitan Life Insurance, which was the world's largest insurance company. The company occupied it from 1909 until 2005. On 6 February, 1978, it was designated a National Historic Landmark, and added to the National Register of Historic Places.
How to reach the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower
Take the R and W trains to the 23rd Street station. Walk east along E 23rd Street, with Madison Square Park to your left, and you will see the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower across from Madison Avenue.Return to Gramercy & the Flatiron Districts
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