CitySpire
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CitySpire (also known as CitySpire Center) is a mixed-use skyscraper at 150 West 56th Street in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Completed in 1990 and designed by Murphy/Jahn Architects, the building measures tall with 75 stories. CitySpire was developed by Ian Bruce Eichner on a site adjacent to the New York City Center theater. When completed, CitySpire was the second-tallest concrete tower in the United States after the Sears Tower.
Key facts
- Building.name
- CitySpire
- Building.alternate_names
- CitySpire Center
- Building.image
- Cityspire Metro Carnegie tower 55 jeh ShiftNcut (cropped).jpg
- Building.image_size
- 180px
- Building.caption
- Seen in June 2010
- Building.construction_start_date
- 1985
- Building.topped_out_date
- June 1987
- Building.completion_date
- 1990
- Building.location
- 150–156 West 56th Street
- Building.mapframe wikidata
- yes
- Building.floor_count
- 73
- Building.top_floor
- 75
- Building.elevator_count
- 10
- Building.owner
- Tishman Speyer
- Building.architect
- Murphy/Jahn
- Building.developer
- Ian Bruce Eichner
- Building.structural_engineer
- Robert Rosenwasser Associates
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- skyscraper
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Manhattan
- Owned by
- Tishman Speyer
- Location
- Midtown Manhattan
- Image
- Cityspire 9th 54th jeh.jpg
- Height
- 248.1
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- Commons category
- CitySpire
- floors above ground
- 75
- architect
- Helmut Jahn
- floors below ground
- 2
- postal code
- 10019
- inception
- 1987-00-00
- architectural style
- modern architecture
- date of official opening
- 1989-00-00
- native label
- CitySpire Center
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Encyclopedic overview
21 sectionsContents
- Site
- Architecture
- Form and facade
- Structural features
- Interior
- Base
- Tower
- History
- Development
- Planning
- Construction
- Completion and height controversy
- Usage
- Noise pollution and bankruptcy
- Late 1990s to present
- Critical reception
- See also
- References
- Notes
- Citations
- Sources
CitySpire (also known as CitySpire Center) is a mixed-use skyscraper at 150 West 56th Street in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Completed in 1990 and designed by Murphy/Jahn Architects, the building measures tall with 75 stories. CitySpire was developed by Ian Bruce Eichner on a site adjacent to the New York City Center theater. When completed, CitySpire was the second-tallest concrete tower in the United States after the Sears Tower.
The skyscraper has an octagonal plan with a dome inspired by that of the New York City Center. The facade is made of stone with glass windows, and it contains setbacks at the 46th and 62nd floors. The building has entrances at 56th and 55th Streets, connected by a passageway that forms part of 6½ Avenue. The lowest 22 floors of the tower are for commercial use. Above are luxury apartments, which are larger on higher floors.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “CitySpire” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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