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Completed
  
1991

Roof
  
757 ft (231 m)

Structural engineer
  
Rosenwasser/Grossman

Floors
  
60

Architect
  
Owner
  
TF Cornerstone

Floor count
  
60

Height
  
231 m

Opened
  
1991

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Location
  
152 W. 57th StreetNew York City, New York

Architecture firm
  
César Pelli and Associates

Similar
  
CitySpire Center, Metropolitan Tower, Random House Tower, AXA Equitable Center, 383 Madison Avenue

Carnegie Hall Tower is a 60-story skyscraper located on 57th Street 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, a New York landmark.

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The tower is 231 meters (757 ft) 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.

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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.

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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.

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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 chose office space on 125th Street in the Harlem neighborhood.

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  • The popular British situation comedy Absolutely Fabulous filmed scenes on the roof of the tower in 1995. The episode titled "The End" features Patsy Stone, drinking vodka on the roof alone, as best friend Edina Monsoon appears by helicopter to take her home to the UK.
  • During Season 15 of The Simpsons, episode 12 titled "Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore" uses Carnegie Hall Tower's exterior as the fictional "Capital City Apartments".

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    References

    Carnegie Hall Tower Wikipedia