The Galleria (Manhattan)

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The Galleria is a mixed-use skyscraper at 115–119 East 57th Street in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, New York, U.S. The Galleria was designed by David Kenneth Specter with associate architect Philip Birnbaum, and it measures 55 stories high, with a roof height of 544 feet (166 m). The building has an eight-story atrium wing facing south toward 57th Street, which has a granite facade and a sloping ceiling. Behind the atrium section is the residential tower, which faces 58th Street to the north; it features "winter garden" balconies enclosed by glass. The commercial section of the building spans 16 stories, while the residential portion, with 253 apartments, spans 38 stories. The top of the building includes a four-story penthouse initially built for the philanthropist Stewart Rawlings Mott, who never lived there. The Galleria was one of several large apartment buildings developed in the area following the implementation of the 1961 Zoning Resolution. Madison Equities...

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