Talk:MetLife Building
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Shouldn't this article be moved to Metlife Building if that's its proper name now? Pan Am Building would then redirect. Postdlf 23:17, 25 Jul 2004 (UTC)
I took this out, since many buildings that are hated are in the grid plan, and many beloved buildings are NOT in the grid plan. "Contributing to its unpopularity may be the fact that it is one of the few major buildings in New York which does not conform to the city's orderly grid plan. Its footprint, along with Grand Central Terminal, is directly in the path of Park Avenue, causing it to interrupt both views and continous travel down the length of that thoroughfare." Grand Central Terminal breaks the grid plan, in front of the building. I think it's hated because it is seen as so ugly. Donbas 12:24, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] I am wondering if anyone else
finds this claim to be questionable. " the Pan Am Building is an example of a Brutalist or International style skyscraper" I am trying to break the wikipedia habit, but just can't walk away from this sort of statement. Carptrash 05:06, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Pop cultural references
I'd heard that the escalator scenes in Koyaanisqaatsi were shot in the Pan Am Building, but I cannot corroborate.LorenzoB 15:54, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
