101 Park Avenue

101 Park Avenue
General information
Type Office
Coordinates 40°45′05″N 73°58′40″W / 40.751337°N 73.977827°W / 40.751337; -73.977827Coordinates: 40°45′05″N 73°58′40″W / 40.751337°N 73.977827°W / 40.751337; -73.977827
Construction started 1979
Completed 1982
Owner H. J. Kalikow & Company
Height
Roof 629 ft (192 m)
Technical details
Floor count 49
Design and construction
Architect Eli Attia Architects

101 Park Avenue is a 629-foot (192 m) tall skyscraper in New York City, New York. It was completed in 1979 to 1982 and has 49 floors. Eli Attia Architects designed the building, which is the 64th tallest in New York.

It was used as the facade of the fictional "Pemrose building" in the 1987 film The Secret of My Success,[1] as well as the fictional "Clamp Tower" in the 1990 film Gremlins 2: The New Batch.[2] The building features in the 1991 Jeff Bridges film The Fisher King and is shown as the site of George Costanza's office in an episode of Seinfeld, as well as Dudley Moore's character's office in the film Crazy People. It is also featured as a crash site in the 2012 film The Avengers.[3]

Notable tenants

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Secret of My Success Movie Filming Locations - The 80s Movies Rewind
  2. ↑ "Gremlins 2 filming locations". IMDb. Retrieved 2010-01-10.
  3. ↑ Film locations for The Avengers (Avengers Assemble) (2012)
  4. ↑ TCS US Offices

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