A 1950s office building may not seem like a popular building type, but the Meadows Building has enough character to become a local icon. Pink marble end walls bracket long north and south facades composed of unbroken horizontal bands of windows with turquoise spandrels on the north and salmon-colored spandrels on the south. Floor slabs project on the south elevation as sunscreens, and the recessed top floor has a pierced roof overhang. The name “Meadows Building” is scrawled across the mechanical penthouse in a cursive script. A large sculpture garden on the south side with pools and shade trees is a favorite respite from the heat. A two-story retail wing screens the garden from the traffic on Greenville Avenue, but later towers loom on the N. Central Expressway side.