Bear Stearns building is located at 383 Madison Avenue, New York, and is so large that it takes an entire city block. It is located between Madison and Vanderbilt avenues and streets 47 and 48 Conveniently located in downtown Manhattan, the building is just a block west rich Park Avenue and runs along the west bank of the famous Rockefeller Center.
In 1980, the original page 383 Madison Avenue, presented a proposal for a 72-storey tower, it can not be done due to limited airspace. In 2000, developers ING interests Sterling, architect David Childs Hines (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP) for the construction, which would be the tallest building in the world, 88 Bear Stearns & Company.
383 Madison Avenue was officially ended in 2001, but the official opening ceremony and Madison Avenue 383 (better known as Bear Stearns building) was not until 2002. However, 383 Madison Avenue, was designed not only as one of the tallest skyscrapers in New York, the main project was to reduce business disruptions and massive oil water supply and uninterruptible power supply and Emergency, emergency power supply authentic. These unique properties of 383 Madison Avenue New York helped get Award, Construction of Merit in 2001 and BOMA Award in 2002 and 2003.
The architectural style of 383 Madison Avenue is known as “post-modern” and is 757 meters high, with an octagonal tower stands above a rectangular base. But the dominant feature of the building is a 70-foot, seven-story octagonal crown glass for prominent New York City.
Since most 383 Madison Avenue skyscraper steel to withstand the elements and accidents. The exterior is clad steel “Deer Island” has a large granite and tinted windows with chrome color.
The interior of 383 Madison Avenue has 47 floors with a total area of 1.2 million square meters. When opening 383 Madison Avenue was originally the site of world trade of Bear Stearns and was strategically located on six floors of the eight story rectangular base. Each day traders have about 420 a day and covered about 42,000 square meters. The building has many unique features. Average office has high ceilings 12 feet and 383 Madison Avenue is an open concept with octagonal tower, reflecting what appear to be several large sessions.
But, like other architectural structures Bear Stearns building at 383 Madison Avenue, was not without critics. Joseph Giovannini New York Magazine was quoted as saying. “How revealing that subconscious desire tower really wanted to be transparent crystal tiara appear at the top”, “tiara is a nice concept, but taking into account the same thickness, which is more like a necklace. ‘
After the collapse of Bear Stearns and sales in 2008, Bear Stearns building (also known as 383 Madison Avenue) is now owned by JP Morgan Chase. But is best known as the Bear Stearns Building is commonly known as New Yorkers New York Lighthouse because when you light a seven-night crown glass shines like a beacon in the night.