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Tower 49
12 East 49th Street
New York City NY United States
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| Status: | built | | Construction Dates | | Finished | 1985 | | Floor Count | 45 |
|  | | Building Uses | | - office | | Structural Types | | - highrise | | Architectural Style | | - modern | | Materials | | - glass | | - steel |
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| | Heights | | Value | | Source / Comments | | | | Roof | | 614 ft | | | | | | | |
Description
• Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP.
• Constructors: Carrier Air Conditioning, Heating, and Refridgeration Systems, Jaros, Baum & Bolles, Kato International LLC, Solomon Equities Inc., Tishman Realty & Construction Co. Inc.
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• It exceeds the normal permitted height for a mid-block building. In order adding extra floors, the developers bought air rights to the adjacent buildings including a Swedish church center.
• The official name of the building includes a ® character, making it Tower 49®.
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