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One Worldwide Plaza
 

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Looking north on 8th Avenue - 2004-4-24 (262098)
(c) Daniel Kieköwer
 
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Upper floors and crown - 2004-4-24 (135767)
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On a foggy winter night - 2004-4-24 (185891)
(c) Chris Grayson
 
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Viewed from the west - 2004-4-24 (646212)
(c) Royce Douglas
 
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Identification
Official name One Worldwide Plaza
Alternative names *
Emporis Building Number 113800
NYC Building ID Number *
 
Location
Address *
Bordering street #1 8th Avenue
Bordering street #2 West 49th Street
Bordering street #3 West 50th Street
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Location Map (POI) *
Block Number *
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Complex Worldwide Plaza
Zone Times Square
Neighborhood Clinton
Borough Manhattan
City New York City
State New York
Country U.S.A.
 
Technical Data
Height (tip) *
Height (struct.) 237 m 778 ft
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Floors (OG) 50
Construction start *
Construction end 1989
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Height Floor-to-floor *
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Building in General
Type of construction skyscraper
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Status completed

Facts
- David Childs of SOM was the designer.
- WorldWide Plaza covers an entire city block and straddles two urban precincts - a financial district and a low-scale, residential neighborhood.
- The tower was clad predominantly in masonry rather than glass, with clear glass windows.
- Whereas the commercial tower rises to face its counterparts to the east, the residential component steps down to respond to the adjacent neighborhood to the west.
- The residential portion includes a smaller tower and buildings with street-level retail space.
- A landscaped plaza mediates between the two towers, covering the span of the city block.
- The plaza is flanked by pavilions and provides a focus for the retail activities along the edges of the site.
- Construction began November 1986 with site excavation.
- The building is scaled back at the base to meet zoning regulations.
- The "great round windows" at the crown allow air into the mechanical space.
- The pyramid roof, despite its size, is not visible from the street when looking directly up the sides of the building.
- The concourse-level space is occupied by Dodger Stages, a theatrical center which replaced a Cineplex Odeon in the same space.

Companies involved in this Building*
Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP

Other companies: Equity Office Properties Trust, Zeckendorf Realty, Macklowe Properties, Inc., HRH Construction Corp., Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, Starnet International Corporation, Zwicker Electric Company, Inc., Alan G. Davenport Wind Engineering Group BLWTL, Glen-Gery Brick, Dodger Theatricals, Inc..