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345 Park Avenue
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General information
Type Office
Architectural style International
Coordinates 40°45′28″N 73°58′21″W / 40.7578°N 73.9725°W / 40.7578; -73.9725
Completed 1969
Owner Rudin Management Company
Height
Roof 634 ft (193 m)
Technical details
Floor count 44
Floor area 1,900,000 square feet (180,000 m2)
Design and construction
Architect Emery Roth & Sons

345 Park Avenue is a 634-foot (193 m) skyscraper in the Midtown neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City that occupies a full city block with the front on Park Avenue, the back on Lexington Avenue, between 51st and 52nd Streets.

History

Completed in 1969, with 44 floors, the building was designed by Emery Roth & Sons. It is the 103rd tallest building in New York.

It is built on the site of the Hotel Ambassador. The famous hotel was built 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.

Tenants

See also

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