345 Park Avenue Explained

345 Park Avenue
Mapframe-Wikidata:yes
Coordinates:40.7578°N -73.9725°W
Completion Date:1969[1]
Building Type:Office
Roof:634feet
Floor Count:44
Floor Area:1900000square feet
Architect:Emery Roth & Sons
Landlord:Rudin Management
Owner:345 Park Avenue, L.P.

345 Park Avenue is a 634feet skyscraper in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. It occupies an entire city block bounded by Park Avenue, Lexington Avenue, 51st Street, and 52nd Street.

Completed in 1969, with 44 floors, the building was designed by Emery Roth & Sons.[2] [3] The building is assigned its own ZIP Code, 10154; it was one of 41 buildings in Manhattan that had their own ZIP Codes .[4] It is near the Racquet and Tennis Club and Park Avenue Plaza to the northeast; the Seagram Building to the north; 599 Lexington Avenue to the northeast; and St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church and the General Electric Building to the south.

It is built on the site of the Hotel Ambassador, which had opened in 1921. It was sold to Sheraton Hotels in 1958 and renamed the Sheraton-East. It was demolished in 1966.

Exteriors of 345 Park Avenue were used as the headquarters of CSC and Continental Corp. in the Aaron Sorkin series Sports Night from 1998 to 2000.

In 2024, the owner Rudin Management announced that it would build a fitness center and restaurants for the building's workers.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 345 Park Avenue, New York NY . Real Estate Sales NYC . 23 April 2013.
  2. Web site: 345 Park Avenue . https://web.archive.org/web/20070212071542/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=345parkavenuenue-newyorkcity-ny-usa . dead . February 12, 2007 . US / . Emporis . 2012-09-11.
  3. Web site: 345 Park Avenue . Skyscraperpage . 2012-09-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071124070524/http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=347 . 2007-11-24 .
  4. Web site: Brown . Nicole . Why do some buildings have their own ZIP codes? NYCurious . amNewYork . March 18, 2019 . July 8, 2022.
  5. Web site: Hallum . Mark . Blackstone Finalizes Expansion to 1.06M SF at 345 Park Avenue . Commercial Observer . July 17, 2024 . July 17, 2024.
  6. Web site: Davis . Emily . Rudin cinches expanded Blackstone HQ lease . The Real Deal . July 17, 2024 . July 17, 2024.
  7. Web site: Schefter. Adam . The rise of Tom Brady . ESPN . 2011-09-23 . 2012-09-11.
  8. Web site: Inside the New Headquarters of the NFL. September 4, 2013.