Nelson Tower is a 46 story 171 meter (560 feet) tall building located at 450 7th Avenue on Manhattan Island, New York

New York

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United States

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History

It was completed in 1931 and became the tallest building in the Garment district of New York

New York

New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

. Today it is dwarfed by the 60 story One Penn Plaza

One Penn Plaza

One Penn Plaza is a skyscraper in New York City, located between 33rd and 34th Streets, west of Seventh Avenue, and adjacent to Pennsylvania Station and Madison Square Garden. It is the tallest building in the Pennsylvania Plaza complex of office buildings, hotels, and entertainment facilities...

 that sits across 34th Street from the Nelson Tower but still visible from most directions except the southeast. It was designed by H. Craig Severance

H. Craig Severance

H. Craig Severance was an American architect who designed a number of well-known buildings in New York City, including the Coca-Cola Building, Nelson Tower and most prominently, 40 Wall Street....

. The building was originally planned and built by New York developer, Julius Nelson.

Architecture

The building has a rectangular base and recedes at different places. Each section is of brown stone with the top of them lined with white stone. The crown is completely white stone and has a slight slope.

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