| Tower 49 | |
|---|---|
 Tower 49 - Looking southwesterly from Madison Avenue & 49th Street | |
 Interactive map of Tower 49 | |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Office |
| Architectural style | Modern |
| Location | 8-18 East 49th Street,Midtown Manhattan,New York City,United States |
| Coordinates | 40°45′26″N73°58′37″W / 40.75722°N 73.97694°W /40.75722; -73.97694 |
| Completed | 1985 |
| Height | 614 feet (187 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 45 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill |
| Website | |
| http://tower49gallery.com/ | |
| References | |
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Tower 49 is an officeskyscraper in theMidtown Manhattan neighborhood ofNew York City. The lot has frontage on both 48th and 49th Streets betweenFifth Avenue andMadison Avenue.[2] The street frontages were offset by about the width of an NYCbrownstone lot on both sides.[3]
The firm ofSkidmore, Owings and Merrill devised a "simple crystalline form" of two chamfer-cornered masses joined by the central service core and wrapped in blue-tinted mirror glass.[4]
Tenants include theMajor League Baseball Players Association andAxis Communications. Tower 49 is one of the few buildings to have a registered trademark symbol as part of its official name.
Tower 49 Gallery collaborates with artists on long term exhibitions and will typically invite a curator to organize and write the catalog essay for the exhibition. The concept of the gallery is to give the public a chance to enjoy art, and to display artworks in a space where people are living and working. During the year 2002 Tower 49 displayed 5 large paintings in the lobby by the New York artist Ronnie Landfield.[5]
