MGM Building (New York City, New York)

 office building, skyscraper, International style architecture

417-foot, 33-story International-style office building completed in 1966 for the Reckson Associates Realty Corp. Designed by Emery Roth & Sons, the building is T-shaped, wrapping around the Warwick Hotel at the southwest corner and an apartment building at the southeast corner. It is clad in black glass and white marble. The main tower slab has vertical piers of white marble dividing the north facade into 16 bays. The west facade has five bays, and the wing extending south to 54th Street has four bays. This wing has a loading dock and entrance to the underground parking garage at the ground floor, and a setback above the 11th floor. The upper floors of the east elevation span 11 bays.

On the north side there is a shorter slab of 11 floors in front of the main slab and extending farther to the east, spanning 20 bays. The ground floor here is lined with plate-glass storefronts, and has a central main entrance. It has multiple sets of glass doors beneath a stainless-steel canopy. There is also a parking garage entrance at the far east end. The narrow west elevation of the lower slab is faced in white marble with no openings except for the storefronts at the ground floor.

There are two mechanical floors at the top of the tower, with black metal vents in place of windows, but the marble piers continue to the roof line. The ground floor is occupied by Bice Cucina restaurant, Pret-a-Manger restaurant, Bistro Milano, Joe & The Juice coffee shop, and Just Salad.

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