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Clock Tower Building

formerly Metropolitan Life Home Office building

A lovely building with a tall clock tower just across Madison Ave from Madison Square Park. The first 11 stories were completed in 1893, with the clock tower being added in 1909.

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Address: 24th St and Madison Ave

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