450 Lexington Avenue
450 Lexington Avenue | New York, NY
Background: This is a 900,000 square foot building built over the 45th Street post office. It was built in the 1980s by the Hines Interests. The materials and design project classical purity. The lobby has two main entrances on differing grade levels. The entrance from Lexington Avenue offers a vista of the lobby looking up a set of stairs into a large public reception area with a barrel vaulted ceiling. Lining the corridor from Lexington Avenue are six elegant black and white photographs of Parisian parks by Alexander Vethers. The 45th Street lobby is entered from the mid-block. The lobby…