These architects, Gropius and Belluschi, revised parts of the design and also reoriented the building so that it ran from east to west. Now, the MetLife Building blocks the view down Park Avenue.

New York’s MetLife building, the octagonal skyscraper that Pan American World Airways built in the middle of Park Avenue in 1963, may be sold. MetLife Inc., the biggest American life insurer, is ...

The MetLife is the only New York building in his 130 million square-foot portfolio. It was designed by Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus school of architecture. Workers can enter the 58-story ...

MetLife is one of 34 tenants at the tower, which was built in 1963. The company has leased the building as its headquarters for nearly two decades. MetLife previously owned the tower; the company ...