From Google Maps reviews.
How does one describe New York City's first all-glass office building? Mid-century design begins here. Completed in 1952, The Lever House marks the highest standard in the mid-century modern era. This public, open air design is the forefront to the dawn of mid-century architecture. The plaza feels ageless. With trees, the open-airiness can be felt. The right angles, from glass connections to steel, beam in sunshine, snow, fog, rain, or night. Even as the cityscape evolves around Park Ave, it
I was walking along Park Ave today as we often do and I paused for a while at this building. A modernistic structure with a large open space at street level. There are two contemporary sculptures ( a red garden tool and one other) in this open space and another one (a giant saw) in the building lobby. Pretty interesting.
Iconic modernist building on Park Avenue designed by Gordon Bunshaft (1909-1990) of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Completed in 1952, it was one of the first modern high rises on Park Avenue. It's diagonally across from Mies van der Rohe's Seagram Building, which makes the intersection of 53rd Street and Park Avenue truly iconic indeed. Two temporary sculptures by Claes Oldenburg (1929-2022) grace the courtyard.
From the Jan 8, 2026 health inspection. Lower-priority items are listed after the serious ones.

Food surfaces weren't washed and sanitized between uses.

Food surfaces are too worn or badly built to be properly cleaned.