Carnegie Hall Tower

Carnegie Hall Tower is a 60-story skyscraper located on 57th Street in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Part of a cluster of four tall buildings (along with CitySpire Center, Metropolitan Tower and One57), the tower was built in an architectural style in harmony with its western neighbor Carnegie Hall, an official city and national landmark.

Carnegie Hall Tower
Carnegie Hall Tower
General information
Location152 W. 57th Street
New York City, New York
Coordinates40.7648°N 73.9797°W / 40.7648; -73.9797
Completed1991
OwnerTF Cornerstone
Height
Roof757 ft (231 m)
Technical details
Floor count60
Design and construction
ArchitectCesar Pelli
Structural engineerRosenwasser/Grossman
Cosentini Associates

Overview

The tower is 757 feet (231 m) tall and was completed in 1991 following the design by Cesar Pelli first conceived in 1987. This design won an Honor Award from the American Institute of Architects in 1994.

Lobby

The Carnegie Hall Tower seems impossibly slim from the front (the main shaft is 50 feet (15 m) wide) however has wide sides facing its neighbors, the Russian Tea Room and Metropolitan Tower on the east and Carnegie Hall on the west. It was clad in brick and glazed brick of several colors, with precast concrete lintels above windows, and painted metal bands at intervals of six floors. The large cornice atop the shaft is an open trellis of wide-flange steel sections. The lobby and common rooms are covered in marble and granite with hardwood and brass accents.

The structural system for this extremely slender tower (2.8:1 aspect ratio above the 44th floor) is two joined tubes of cast-in-place concrete, designed by engineer Jacob Grossman of Robert Rosenwasser Associates.

In 2001, former President Bill Clinton had planned to locate his office on the 56th floor of Carnegie Hall Tower. After facing heavy criticism over the $738,000 annual cost to be paid for by taxpayers, Clinton instead chose office space on 125th Street in the Harlem neighborhood.[1]

The British situation comedy Absolutely Fabulous filmed scenes on the roof of the tower in 1995 in the episode titled "The End." The Simpsons, season 15 episode 12 titled "Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore" uses Carnegie Hall Tower's exterior as the fictional "Capital City Apartments."

See also

References
  1. Lacey, Charles V. Bagli With Marc (February 13, 2001). "Criticized on Office Rent, Clinton Looks to Harlem". Retrieved July 20, 2019 – via NYTimes.com.

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