Tower 49

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Tower 49

Tower 49 - Looking southwesterly from Madison Avenue & 49th Street
General information
Status Complete
Coordinates 40°45′26″N 73°58′37″W / 40.75722°N 73.97694°W / 40.75722; -73.97694Coordinates: 40°45′26″N 73°58′37″W / 40.75722°N 73.97694°W / 40.75722; -73.97694
Opening 1985
Height
Antenna spire 187 m (614 ft)
Technical details
Floor count 45 above ground

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.[1]

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.[citation needed]

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.

Gallery

  • 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.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Tower 49, 7 East 48 Street Office Space Rental NY". Real Estate Sales NYC. Retrieved 13 March 2013. 

External links

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