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101 Park Avenue

{{Short description|Office skyscraper in Manhattan, New York}}

{{Distinguish|text=101 Park Avenue Building in Oklahoma City}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2019}}

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| name = 101 Park Avenue

| image = 101park, Manhattan.jpg

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| location = New York City

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| coordinates = {{coord|40.750967|-73.977781|region:US-NY|display=inline,title}}

| status = Complete

| start_date = 1979

| completion_date = 1982

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| building_type = Office

| architectural_style = Modernism

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| roof = {{convert|629|ft|abbr=on}}

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| floor_count = 49

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| architect = Eli Attia Architects

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| owner = H. J. Kalikow & Company

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101 Park Avenue is a {{convert|629|ft|adj=on}} tall skyscraper at 41st Street and Park Avenue in the Murray Hill neighborhood of Manhattan, New York.

Eli Attia Architects designed the tower. The building contains various tenants, as well as several attractions and amenities such as Convene,[https://convene.com Convene website] Five Iron Golf,{{Cite web|url=https://fiveirongolf.com/|title=Five Iron Golf | Indoor Golf Simulation | Find Your Balls|website=fiveirongolf.com|accessdate=April 9, 2023}} and Museum of the Dog.

The building is assigned its own ZIP Code, 10178; it was one of 41 buildings in Manhattan that had their own ZIP Codes {{as of|2019|lc=y}}.{{cite web | last=Brown | first=Nicole | title=Why do some buildings have their own ZIP codes? NYCurious | website=amNewYork | date=March 18, 2019 | url=https://www.amny.com/news/nyc-zip-codes-1-28558957/ | access-date=July 8, 2022}}

In popular culture

It features in the 1983 film Escape from the Bronx as President Clark's headquarters of the General Construction (GC) Corporation. It was used as the facade of the fictional "Pemrose building" in the 1987 film The Secret of My Success,{{Cite web |url=http://www.fast-rewind.com/locations_soms.htm |title=The Secret of My Success Movie Filming Locations |website=The 80s Movies Rewind |access-date=February 1, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608060845/http://www.fast-rewind.com/locations_soms.htm |archive-date=June 8, 2017 |url-status=dead }} as well as the fictional "Clamp Center" in the 1990 film Gremlins 2: The New Batch.{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099700/locations |title=Gremlins 2 filming locations |publisher=IMDb |accessdate=2010-01-10}} The building features in the 1991 Jeff Bridges film The Fisher King, and is shown as the site of George Costanza's office in a few ninth-season episodes of Seinfeld, as well as Dudley Moore's character's office in the film Crazy People. Person of Interest used the building several times including as IFT Headquarters in season one.{{cite web |url=https://moviemaps.org/locations/1v2 |title=Movies Filmed at 101 Park Avenue |website=MovieMaps |accessdate=2023-07-20}} The rooftop of the building was featured in the 2011 film Friends with Benefits. The building is featured as a crash site in the 2012 film The Avengers.{{Cite web |url=http://www.movie-locations.com/movies/a/Avengers_2012.html#.UYLF1Cugmp0 |title=Film locations for The Avengers (Avengers Assemble) (2012) |website=Worldwide Guide To Movie Locations |access-date=May 2, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624140753/http://www.movie-locations.com/movies/a/Avengers_2012.html#.UYLF1Cugmp0 |archive-date=June 24, 2019 |url-status=dead }} It was used for a brief exit shot in the 2012 Richard Gere film Arbitrage. Most recently, it was featured as the office in the 2019 film Isn’t It Romantic.{{cite web|url=https://www.sceen-it.com/movie/669/Isn-t-It-Romantic#rcd8d950910f3442e|website=Sceen-It.com|title=Isn't It Romantic - Filming Locations|access-date=July 10, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.101park.com/filming.php|title=101 Park Avenue filming|website=101park.com|language=en|publisher=101 Park Avenue|access-date=July 10, 2019}} The building's roof was used in the 1985 second season feature length opener of Miami Vice, where Crockett & Tubbs face a showdown with an NYPD hostile to their investigation into a powerful Colombian drug dealing syndicate operating in the city.{{Cite web |title=Filming Location Matching "101 Park Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA" (Sorted by Popularity Ascending) |url=http://www.imdb.com/search/title/?locations=101+Park+Avenue,+Manhattan,+New+York+City,+New+York,+USA |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=IMDb}}

It is also on the roof of this skyscraper that the final shots of the clip made for the piece Looking up, by Michel Petrucciani, were shot.

Notable tenants

See also

References

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External links

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  • [http://www.101park.com/ 101 Park Ave.]
  • {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080317211852/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=101parkavenuenue-newyorkcity-ny-usa Emporis]}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20071124070614/http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=4030 Skyscraperpage]

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Category:Skyscraper office buildings in Manhattan

Category:Office buildings completed in 1982

Category:1982 establishments in New York City

Category:Park Avenue

Category:Murray Hill, Manhattan

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