![]() ![]() The first employees moved into the building in late 1964 and it was completed the following year. The design was finalized in 1961 and, despite Saarinen's death shortly afterward, construction started in 1962. The building's superstructure is made of reinforced concrete, and steel beams are only used below ground the concrete frame uses polyurethane insulation. The building has a gross floor area of approximately 800,000 square feet (74,000 m 2). ![]() The facade was designed to make the building appear as a continuous slab. The "Black Rock" nickname is derived from the design of its facade, which consists of angled dark-gray granite piers alternating with dark-tinted glass. The building is on Sixth Avenue (Avenue of the Americas) between 52nd and 53rd streets, although its main entrances are on the side streets. The building was also the headquarters of CBS Records (later Sony Music Entertainment) before the early 1990s. The interior spaces and furnishings were designed by Saarinen and Florence Knoll Bassett. The building was constructed from 1961 to 1964 and was the only skyscraper designed by Eero Saarinen, who referred to the building as the "simplest skyscraper statement in New York". It is the headquarters of the CBS broadcasting network. The CBS Building, also known as Black Rock, is a 38-story, 491-foot-tall (150 m) tower at 51 West 52nd Street in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. ![]()
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