Lipstick Building
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The Lipstick Building is a distinctive postmodern office skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, known for its elliptical, tiered form that resembles a tube of lipstick.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lipstick Building canonical | 3 |
| Lipstick Building, New York City | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T630153 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lipstick Building Context triple: [Philip Johnson, notableWork, Lipstick Building]
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A.
Snap the Whip
Snap the Whip is an 1872 painting by American artist Winslow Homer depicting schoolboys playing in a rural field, often celebrated as an iconic image of post–Civil War American childhood and country life.
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B.
Chocolate City
Chocolate City is a popular nickname for Washington, D.C., highlighting its historically large and influential African American population and culture.
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C.
Tinte
Tinte is a small village in the Dutch province of South Holland, known for its rural character and annual local festivities.
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D.
Tapestry
Tapestry is Carole King’s landmark 1971 singer-songwriter album, widely acclaimed for its intimate songwriting and enduring influence on pop and soft rock music.
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E.
Color Struck
Color Struck is a one-act play by Zora Neale Hurston that explores colorism and intraracial prejudice in the early 20th-century African American South, and is recognized as a significant dramatic work of the Harlem Renaissance.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lipstick Building Target entity description: The Lipstick Building is a distinctive postmodern office skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, known for its elliptical, tiered form that resembles a tube of lipstick.
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A.
Snap the Whip
Snap the Whip is an 1872 painting by American artist Winslow Homer depicting schoolboys playing in a rural field, often celebrated as an iconic image of post–Civil War American childhood and country life.
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B.
Chocolate City
Chocolate City is a popular nickname for Washington, D.C., highlighting its historically large and influential African American population and culture.
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C.
Tinte
Tinte is a small village in the Dutch province of South Holland, known for its rural character and annual local festivities.
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D.
Tapestry
Tapestry is Carole King’s landmark 1971 singer-songwriter album, widely acclaimed for its intimate songwriting and enduring influence on pop and soft rock music.
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E.
Color Struck
Color Struck is a one-act play by Zora Neale Hurston that explores colorism and intraracial prejudice in the early 20th-century African American South, and is recognized as a significant dramatic work of the Harlem Renaissance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
commercial building
ⓘ
office building ⓘ postmodern building ⓘ skyscraper ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | 885 Third Avenue ⓘ |
| architect |
John Burgee
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Philip Johnson ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Postmodern architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme ⓘ |
| borough | Manhattan ⓘ |
| buildingType | office ⓘ |
| category |
Buildings and structures completed in 1986
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Postmodern architecture in New York City ⓘ Skyscraper office buildings in Manhattan ⓘ |
| city | New York City ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1986 ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| developer |
Tishman Speyer Properties
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linked to:
Tishman Speyer
|
| elevatorCount | 18 ⓘ |
| floorArea | approximately 453,000 square feet ⓘ |
| floorCount | 34 ⓘ |
| form | tiered ⓘ |
| hasDesignFeature | curved glass curtain wall ⓘ |
| hasFacadeColor | reddish ⓘ |
| hasTenant | Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities ⓘ |
| height |
138 meters
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453 feet ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Third Avenue ⓘ |
| location |
Manhattan
ⓘ
Midtown Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ |
| material |
glass
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red granite ⓘ steel ⓘ |
| neighborhood | Midtown East ⓘ |
| nickname | Lipstick Building ⓘ |
| notableFor |
elliptical plan
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resemblance to a tube of lipstick ⓘ tiered setbacks ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1986 ⓘ |
| owner | multiple investment groups over time ⓘ |
| roofType | flat roof ⓘ |
| shape | elliptical ⓘ |
| state | New York ⓘ |
| streetAddress | 885 Third Avenue ⓘ |
| structuralEngineer | Leslie E. Robertson Associates ⓘ |
| use | commercial offices ⓘ |
| zipCode | 10022 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lipstick Building Description of subject: The Lipstick Building is a distinctive postmodern office skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, known for its elliptical, tiered form that resembles a tube of lipstick.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Lipstick Building
linked to: Lipstick Building
subject linked to:
Lipstick Building, New York City