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The MetLife Building is at 200 [Park Avenue](/wiki/Park_Avenue "Park Avenue"), between the two roadways of the [Park Avenue Viaduct](/wiki/Park_Avenue_Viaduct "Park Avenue Viaduct") to the west and east, in the [Midtown Manhattan](/wiki/Midtown_Manhattan "Midtown Manhattan") neighborhood of [New York City](/wiki/New_York_City "New York City"). The building faces the [Helmsley Building](/wiki/Helmsley_Building "Helmsley Building") across 45th Street to the north and [Grand Central Terminal](/wiki/Grand_Central_Terminal "Grand Central Terminal") to the south. Other nearby buildings include [One Vanderbilt](/wiki/One_Vanderbilt "One Vanderbilt") and [335 Madison Avenue](/wiki/335_Madison_Avenue "335 Madison Avenue") to the southwest; the [Yale Club of New York City](/wiki/Yale_Club_of_New_York_City "Yale Club of New York City") clubhouse to the west; [The Roosevelt Hotel](/wiki/The_Roosevelt_Hotel_%28Manhattan%29 "The Roosevelt Hotel (Manhattan)") to the northwest; [450 Lexington Avenue](/wiki/450_Lexington_Avenue "450 Lexington Avenue") to the east; and the [Graybar Building](/wiki/Graybar_Building "Graybar Building") to the southeast. The building is assigned its own [ZIP Code](/wiki/ZIP_Code "ZIP Code")—10166—and is one of 41 such buildings in Manhattan, .

In 1871, the [New York Central Railroad](/wiki/New_York_Central_Railroad "New York Central Railroad") built the [Grand Central Depot](/wiki/Grand_Central_Depot "Grand Central Depot"), a ground\-level depot at the intersection of Park Avenue and [42nd Street](/wiki/42nd_Street_%28Manhattan%29 "42nd Street (Manhattan)"); it was succeeded in 1900 by [Grand Central Station](/wiki/Grand_Central_Station_%281900%E2%80%931910%29 "Grand Central Station (1900–1910)"), also at ground level. The completion of Grand Central Terminal in 1913 resulted in the rapid development of the areas around Grand Central, which became known as [Terminal City](/wiki/Terminal_City_%28Manhattan%29 "Terminal City (Manhattan)"). The Grand Central Terminal complex included a six\-story building for baggage handling just north of the main station building, on what is now the site of the MetLife Building. The baggage handling building was converted to an office building late in its history. The surrounding stretch of Park Avenue was developed with [International Style](/wiki/International_Style_%28architecture%29 "International Style (architecture)") skyscrapers during the 1950s and 1960s.


What style of skyscrapers developed around Grand Central Terminal during the 1950s and 1960s?