the Pan Am Building
/ðə ˌpæn ˈæm bɪldɪŋ/
/ðə ˌpæn ˈæm bɪldɪŋ/
- one of the best-known buildings in New York, near Grand Central Station, built by Pan American World Airways and completed in 1963. It has the shape of a plane wing. The building was sold to an insurance company in 1991 and was then officially the Met Life Building, though many people continue to use its original name.