Aptly nicknamed Black Rock, this black glass tower, designed by the renowned Finnish architect Eero Saarinen and the firm of

Plaza renovations can cover a multitude of sins. Years ago, when this was the JC Penney building, much of the

Previously a barren plaza produced under the lenient standards of the 1961 Zoning Resolution, this space was upgraded as a

This plaza is extra sidewalk that stretches along the building’s frontage on the north side of West 53rd Street, the

This plaza strip extends at right angles from the northeast corner of West 53rd Street and Seventh Avenue. A planter

This elevated strip of plaza wraps around the three street frontages of this full blockfront building on the east side

Public art and public spaces are constant collaborators in the city. For the art, a public space can serve as

Tucked against the east side of the Warburg Dillon Read building, east of Madison Avenue on the north side of

The most notable aspect of this plaza is the well-known Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lion logo on the white granite façade of the

Like 1251 Sixth Avenue, 1221 Sixth Avenue, 1211 Sixth Avenue, and 1185 Sixth Avenue to the south, this is another