THE CBS BUILDING

51 West 52 Street, New York 19
Easterly blockfront, Avenue of the Americas,
52 to 53 Streets

A limited amount of office and ground-floor
space is available for lease in the 38-story
CBS owner-occupied building. This archi-
tectural achievement of Eero Saarinen offers
many unusual design features including:

* Sheer tower of reinforced concrete centered on a spacious sunken plaza

• Gray granite exterior facing

• 20,000 square-foot floors

• 5 foot by 5 foot module plan throughout

• Window walls 43% glass (from inside)

• All facilities contained in core

• 35 feet from core wall to exterior walls

• All interior areas free of columns

• Ceiling heights 8 feet 9 inches

• Heat absorbing glass throughout

• Vertical blinds

• Individual zone-controlled air conditioning

• 60 foot-candle lighting

• High speed electronic controlled elevators

• Underfloor ducts

• Auxiliary standby power

Scheduled for completion in Fall of 1964.

Architect: Eero Saarinen and Associates. Consulting Engineers:
Consentini Associates (Mechanical), Paul Weidlinger (Structural).
General Contractor: George A. Fuller Company