Tower on 40th Street is named a landmark

The Landmarks Preservation Commission on Tuesday [April 13] bestowed landmark status on the Springs Mills Building, a tower clad in green glass at 104 West 40th St., just west of Avenue of the Americas, which was built in 1963 and named for a pillowcase maker.

The building is the eighth mid-century Modernist building given the status in the last seven years, said Elisabeth de Bourbon, spokeswoman for the commission, according to an article in The New York Times.

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