This landmark building opened in 1890 to house the New York Life Insurance Company (hence the eagles), but soon passed to luxury furnishing purveyor Metz & Co. Functionalist designer/architect Gerrit Rietveld added the top-floor cupola in 1930. In 2012, American retailer Abercrombie & Fitch took over the building, while Metz & Co relocated to smaller premises at Leidsestraat 1–3.
