Tower 49
| Tower 49 | |
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Tower 49 - Looking southwesterly from Madison Avenue & 49th Street
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| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Type | Office |
| Architectural style | Modern |
| Address | 8-18 East 49th Street |
| Town or city | Midtown Manhattan, New York City, New York |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 40°45′26″N 73°58′37″W / 40.75722°N 73.97694°WCoordinates: 40°45′26″N 73°58′37″W / 40.75722°N 73.97694°W |
| Completed | 1985 |
| Height | 614 feet (187 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 45 above ground |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) |
| Website | |
| http://tower49gallery.com/ | |
| References | |
Tower 49 is an office skyscraper in the Midtown Manhattan district of New York City. The lot is fronted on both 48th Street and 49th Street between 5th Avenue and Madison Avenue. The street frontages were offset by about the width of an NYC brownstone lot on both sides.
To address this design challenge, the firm of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill came up with a "simple crystalline form" of two chamfer-cornered masses joined by the central service core and wrapped in blue-tinted mirror glass.
Tenants include the Major League Baseball Players Association. Tower 49 is one of the few buildings to have a registered trademark symbol as part of its official name.
Tower 49 Gallery collaborates with artists on long term exhibitions and will typically invite a curator to organize and write the catalog essay for the exhibition. The concept of the gallery is to give the public a chance to enjoy art, and to display artworks in a space where people are living and working.
Tower 49 - Looking northeasterly from 5th Avenue & 48th Street
Tower 49 - Looking southeasterly from 5th Avenue & 49th Street
Tower 49 - 49th Street Entrance
Tower 49 - Looking eastward from Rockefeller Center
Tower 49 - Closer view from Rockefeller Center
The Squibb Building - A typical design for an irregular lot in NYC.
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