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A Home Office of Great Significance

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
  To the general public, the home office of the Metro­politan life insurance Company at 1 Madison Avenue represented a striking architectural landmark of New York and the headquarters of a leading public service institu­tion. But to those within the organization the home office had significance greater than this. It was the very nerve center of the company, where more than 15,000 men and women came to work ...A Home Office of Great Significance