Manhattan from top of Empire State Building, Northeast

Citigroup Center, white with triangular top
Height: 915 feet

This 59-story building—easy to spot in the New York City skyline due to its sloping right-triangle rooftop—was built as headquarters for Citigroup (then Citibank) in the late 1970s. It was sold to a real estate firm in 2009, which rechristened it as 601 Lexington, though locals still refer to the building by its previous name or its original name, Citicorp Center.

Photo 0402d2, Sept 2018

Manhattan from top of Empire State Building Northeast

Citigroup Center on the right, and 432 Park Avenue building on the left.

Photo 0363d, Sept 2018

Citigroup Center Building

View east from the top of the Rockefeller Center

Large white building in the center is the Citigroup Center Building. In front of it is the Seagram Building (dark color).

Citigroup Center — One of New York's most successful modern skyscrapers rests on large columns, opening up space for the St. Peter's Church, a public plaza and a subway station. The tower's angled roof line was a welcome diversion from the flat rooftop lines of contemporary buildings.

Seagram Building — Mies van der Rohe's New York legacy became a prototype for the skyscrapers of the 1960s and 1970s: tall functional glass and steel towers void of any ornamentation combined with a large plaza. Built in 1958, this arrangement was in line with New York's 1961 zoning regulations which emphasized the use of open space.

Photo 137, Dec 2007