One Grand Central Place

{{Infobox building

| name = One Grand Central Place

| image = One Grand Central Place in 2016 jeh.jpg

| image_caption = Looking south from Park Avenue Viaduct beside Grand Central Terminal

| former_names = Lincoln Building

| status = Completed

| building_type = Office

| architectural_style = Neo-Gothic

| location = 60 East 42nd Street 10165
Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.

| mapframe-wikidata = yes

| coordinates = {{coord|40.7522|-73.9788|source:dewiki_region:US-NY_type:landmark|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| start_date =

| completion_date = 1930

| opened_date = 1930

| cost =

| owner = Empire State Realty Trust One Grand Central Place

| roof = {{convert|673|ft|m}}{{cite web|title=One Grand Central Place|url=http://skyscrapercenter.com/building/one-grand-central-place/1576|website=The Skyscraper Center|publisher=skyscrapercenter.com|access-date=January 20, 2016}}

| material = Steel

| floor_count = 55

| floor_area = {{convert|1252063|sqft|m2|0|abbr=on}}

| elevator_count = 27 passenger, 2 freight

| architect = Kenneth Norton of J.E.R. Carpenter

| developer =

}}

One Grand Central Place, originally the Lincoln Building,{{cite news |last=Roberts |first=Sam |author-link=Sam Roberts (newspaper journalist) |title=Lincoln Loses a Tower, but He Still Has the Tunnel |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/13/nyregion/13lincoln.html |work=The New York Times |date=February 12, 2010 |access-date=November 27, 2019}} is a 55-story, {{convert|673|ft|m}} tall neo-Gothic office building at 60 East 42nd Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, United States. It is bounded by Madison Avenue to the west, East 41st Street to the south, and Park Avenue to the east. One Grand Central Place is near other skyscrapers such as the Chrysler Building, MetLife Building, and One Vanderbilt. It has direct in-building access to Grand Central Terminal to the north. As of 2021, it is the 91st-tallest building in the city, tied with the 277 Fifth Avenue, Barclay Tower, and One Court Square. The building is assigned its own ZIP Code, 10165; it was one of 41 buildings in Manhattan that had their own ZIP Codes {{as of|2019|lc=y}}.{{cite web | last=Brown | first=Nicole | title=Why do some buildings have their own ZIP codes? NYCurious | website=amNewYork | date=March 18, 2019 | url=https://www.amny.com/news/nyc-zip-codes-1-28558957/ | access-date=July 8, 2022}}

Description and history

Designed by architect Kenneth Norton of James Edwin Ruthven Carpenter Jr., the skyscraper was completed in 1930 as the Lincoln Building.{{cite web|title=One Grand Central Place|url=http://www.empirestaterealtytrust.com/properties/office/one-grand-central-place1/facts-figures|website=Empire State Realty Trust|publisher=empirestaterealtytrust.com|access-date=January 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424084209/http://www.empirestaterealtytrust.com/properties/office/one-grand-central-place1/facts-figures|archive-date=April 24, 2019|url-status=dead}} Among the building's features are the Gothic windows at the top. In June 2009, the Lincoln Building was renamed One Grand Central Place, and it underwent a $85 million renovation, which included new windows, renovated elevators, renovated air-conditioned public corridors and restrooms, and upgraded building-wide systems.{{cite news |author= |title=60 East 42nd Street Repositined as One Grand Central Place |url=https://rebusinessonline.com/60-east-42nd-street-repositined-as-one-grand-central-place/ |work=Northeast Real Estate Business |publisher=REBusinessOnline |date=June 18, 2009 |access-date=May 11, 2020}}

In March 2020, One Grand Central Place had New York's first reported person-to-person spread of SARS-CoV-2 during the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite news |last1=Millman |first1=Jennifer |title=Midtown Lawyer Positive for Coronavirus Is NY's 1st Case of Person-to-Person Spread |url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/westchester-county-man-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-in-nys-1st-possible-community-spread-case-gov-cuomo/2310134/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200304161349/https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/westchester-county-man-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-in-nys-1st-possible-community-spread-case-gov-cuomo/2310134/ |archive-date=March 4, 2020 |access-date=March 4, 2020 |publisher=WNBC-4 New York |date=March 3, 2020}}

Abraham Lincoln sculpture

In 1956, Lawrence Wien paid his daughter, Margaret French Cresson, $3,000 to acquire Daniel Chester French's {{convert|3|ft|m|adj=on}} bronze model of Abraham Lincoln, a cast of one of the sketches used to create the statue for the Lincoln Memorial.{{cite web |url=https://www.empirestaterealtytrust.com/seated-lincoln-history/ |title=Seated Lincoln History |author= |website=Empire State Realty Trust |location=New York City |access-date=July 21, 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929214545/https://www.empirestaterealtytrust.com/seated-lincoln-history/ |archive-date=September 29, 2020}} Wien put the sculpture on display in the visitor center in the lobby. When the building was renamed One Grand Central Place in 2009, the model was removed and loaned to Chesterwood estate in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. It was returned to the lobby on April 15, 2015.