The Solow Building, located at 9 West 57th Street, is a Manhattan skyscraper built in 1974 and designed by Gordon Bunshaft from Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. Located west of Fifth Avenue between 57th and 58th Street, next to Bergdorf Goodman department store and Plaza Hotel. At an altitude of 50 floors and 689 feet (210 m), only the nearest building to the height is the GM Building, located one block north and east. Floor on the 23rd floor offers unobstructed views of north Manhattan and views of Central Park and The Plaza Hotel.
An important feature is the concave vertical slope of the northern and southern facades, facing 57th and 58th Street. This is similar to another Bunshaft designed building, 630 ft (190 m) W. Grace Building, where Bunshaft used the initial façade design that was rejected for the Solow Building.
The building is named after Sheldon Solow, a real estate developer whose company built the building.
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Owner
The building is owned by billionaire Sheldon Solow, who in the 1960s commissioned architect Gordon Bunshaft to build the tower. The building is privately managed and the rental is held by Sheldon Solow company.
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Layout and architecture
The first floor of this building has a collection of Sheldon Solow galleries, including the works of Franz Kline, Matisse, and Giacometti, among other artists. Although managed under the non-profit Solow Art and Architectural Foundation, this gallery is always closed and not open to the public.
The concave vertical slope of the facade is similar to that of other Bunshaft creations, Gedung Rahmat W.R., which was also built in 1974. The initial design that was rejected from the Solow building was used in the design for the Grace Building.
Renters
The cost of renting in the Solow Building is among the most expensive in Manhattan. The Solow Building Company occupies a permanent upstairs rental. Leading tenants include Chanel (44 fl.) and private equity firm Sycamore Partners, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (42nd fl.) , Apollo Management (43rd/48th fl.) , Silver Lake Partners (32nd fl.) , Equity Providence Partners < small> (49 fl.) , and Highland Capital Management (38 fl.) .
Some law firms and hedge funds occupy most of the remaining space, including Ruane, Cunniff & amp; Goldfarb (fl. 50) , Och-Ziff Capital Management (40 fl.) , Tiger Global Management (35th fl.) , Highbridge Capital Management (27 fl.) , and Coatue Management (25 fl.) . The corporate office of Avis Budget Group (37th fl.) is also located inside the building.
Facilities
The building has an underground parking garage, retail space (on the northern side bordering 58th Street), a basement occupied by Brasserie restaurant 8Ã,½, a 2nd floor trading area on 2-3 floors, a kiosk in the lobby, and 24 speed elevators high divided into several sets of floors.
Legal issues
In 1971, Avon Products rented 21 floors, immediately increased to 25 floors. The building was immediately referred to as "the Avon building" (a title that survives and can still cause confusion). Williams Real Estate, the broker who brought Avon to the deal, looked for a commission they thought had been promised. Cushman & amp; Wakefield, which contracts with Solow as an exclusive leasing agent, claims that they also have a commission. Solow refused to pay, so both were sued. After a long jury trial at the Supreme Court, where each greed was displayed, Solow was ordered to pay a commission of $ 150,000 to Cushman & amp; Wakefield and $ 1.7 million for Williams, the biggest award in the history of New York real estate. An interesting moment at the trial comes when architect Gordon Bunshaft explains the key role played by neoprene gaskets around a large glass plate in creating a sleek view of the building.
In popular culture
- The large red statue of number 9 in front of the building was included in the project in response to a complaint that the reflective slant building reflects the unattractive side of a nearby historic building previously obscured. The brightly colored statue distracts passersby from observing these walls. The famous New York Statue was designed by graphic artist Ivan Chermayeff.
- The 8½ Brasserie restaurant is featured at the Sex and the City event.
- Chandler Bing, a sitcom Friends character, works in this building during the series.
- The name of the Nine West shoe store chain.
- In Superman , this building is used in scenes where a gem thief is captured by Superman while climbing up the side of the building while wearing a suction cup on his hands and knees.
- Shown in the movie Zoolander with a giant computer that produces M, which serves as the headquarters of Mugatu mode.
- In the Cloverfield film, the monster's hand slid beneath the building's facade when it fell asleep briefly by the carpet bombing.
- In the film Lost in America, the last scene in which Albert Brooks character David Howard met Brad's advertising executive ("This small town car... Will keep you going...") takes place at front of this building.
- Shown in the movie Bride Wars behind "Plaza Hotel".
- The back cover of Michael Franks 1978 Burchfield Nines album featured a photo of Frank standing next to a large red statue 9.
- In the original Barbar HBO film at the Gate, the exterior of this building is clearly shown as a meeting place F. Ross Johnson, CEO of RJR Nabisco, Jim Robinson, CEO of American Express and Henry Kravis and George Roberts Kohlberg Kravis Roberts school principals (KKR ) to discuss the purchase of RJR Nabisco.
See also
- List of tallest buildings in New York City
- W. R. Grace Building
References
External links
- Solow Foundation
- Dispute between Solow Company and Banc of America Securities
Media related to Solow Building in Wikimedia Commons
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