page_title: Citigroup Center
section_title: Site
hierarchical_section_title: Citigroup Center / History / Site
caption_attribution_description: English: Looking west and down into public lobby of w:Citigroup Center with public seating and piano player
context_page_description: The Citigroup Center is an office skyscraper in New York City, located at 53rd Street between Lexington and Third Avenues in midtown Manhattan. Built in 1977 to house the headquarters of Citibank, it is 915 feet tall and has 59 floors with 1.3 million square feet of office space.
  The building has a 45° angled top and a stilt-style base. It was designed by architect Hugh Stubbins and structural engineer William LeMessurier. The building is currently owned by Boston Properties, and in 2009, was renamed 601 Lexington Avenue. In 2016, it was made a New York City designated landmark.
context_section_description: The northwest corner of the site was originally occupied by St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church, which was founded in 1862 (as the Deutsche Evangelische Lutherische Sanct Petri-Kirche). The original church building was sold and demolished to construct the Grand Central Terminal in 1903. In 1905, the church moved to the location of 54th Street and Lexington Avenue, where it remained until the building was purchased by First National City Bank (later known as Citibank) in 1970.
caption: Public lobby
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