Carnegie Hall Tower

Carnegie Hall Tower is a 60-story skyscraper on 57th Street in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. The tower was designed to harmonize with its western neighbor Carnegie Hall, an official city and national landmark. Carnegie Hall Tower is part of a cluster of tall buildings near 57th Street and Seventh Avenue, along with CitySpire Center, Metropolitan Tower and One57.

Carnegie Hall Tower
General information
Location152 W. 57th Street
New York City, New York
Coordinates40°45′53″N 73°58′47″W
Completed1991
OwnerTF Cornerstone
Height
Roof757 ft (231 m)
Technical details
Floor count60
Design and construction
ArchitectCesar Pelli
Structural engineerRosenwasser/Grossman
Cosentini Associates

Design
Lobby

Carnegie Hall Tower is 757 feet (231 m) tall and has a primary frontage measuring 50 feet (15 m) wide. Its side elevations (facing the Russian Tea Room and Metropolitan Tower on the east and Carnegie Hall on the west) are much wider. 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.

History

Carnegie Hall Tower 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.

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

See also

References
  1. Bagli, Charles V.; Lacey, Marc (February 13, 2001). "Criticized on Office Rent, Clinton Looks to Harlem". New York Times. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
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