Trump Tower (New York)

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Trump Tower
Information
Location	725 Fifth Avenue New York, New York, USA
Coordinates	40°45′45″N 73°58′27″W / 40.7625°N 73.97417°W / 40.7625; -73.97417Coordinates: 40°45′45″N 73°58′27″W / 40.7625°N 73.97417°W / 40.7625; -73.97417
Status	Completed
Constructed	1983
Opening	30 November 1983
Use	retail, office, and residential
Height
Roof	202 m (664 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	58
Companies
Architect	Der Scutt
Structural Engineer	Irwin Cantor
Developer	Donald Trump and the Equitable Life Assurance Company

The Trump Tower viewed from the 5th avenue

Trump Tower is a 58-story skyscraper in New York City located at 725 Fifth Avenue, at the corner of 56th Street. The mixed-use tower was developed by Donald Trump and the Equitable Life Assurance Company. Designed by Der Scutt of Swanke, Hayden Connell, it was completed on 30 November 1983.

The tower is a reinforced concrete, shear-wall/core structure and was the tallest structure of this type in New York City when completed. A concrete hat-truss at the top of the building ties exterior columns with the concrete core. This increases the effective dimensions of the core to that of the building in order to resist the overturning of lateral forces (wind, minor earthquakes, and impacts perpendicular to the building’s height). A similar structure was used for Trump World Tower.

Ordinarily a building of that height could not have been built on the small site. By mixing uses (retail, office, and residential), constructing a through-block arcade (connecting to the IBM building to the east), and using the air rights from Tiffany’s flagship store next door, and including the atrium (designed as a “public space” under the city codes at the time), Trump was able to assemble a bonus package that enabled a taller tower.

The building’s public spaces are clad in Breccia Pernice, a pink white-veined marble and brass and mirrors are used throughout. This includes the office lobby, off Fifth Avenue, and the five-level atrium which has a waterfall, shops, cafés, and a pedestrian bridge that crosses over the waterfall’s pool. The atrium is crowned with a skylight. In 2006, Forbes Magazine valued the tower at $318 million. Trump Tower is the setting of the show The Apprentice.[1]

[edit] Tenants

• Qatar Airways, 22nd Floor^[1]

[edit] References

• Rubin, Sy; Trump Tower; Lyle Stuart; 1st ed edition (October 1984)
• Gardner, Ralph Jr; For Tower Residents, a New Math, The New York Times; May 8, 2003
• Horsley, Carter B. The City Book:Trump Tower [2]

[edit] See also

• List of tallest buildings in New York City
• Trump Organization

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Trump Tower (New York)

• Trump International Hotel & Tower New York Official Website
• in-Arch.net: The Trump Tower
• Trump Tower in the Structurae database
• Trump Tower at Der Scutt Architect website