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West-east street in Manhattan, New York
54th Street
is a two-mile-long (3.2 km),
one-way
street traveling west to east across
Midtown Manhattan
in New York City.
Notable places, west to east
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Twelfth Avenue
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Eleventh Avenue
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- Clinton Towers Apartments, 39-floor apartment building completed in 1974
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(north)
- The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore
studios
- AT&T Switching Center at 811 Tenth Avenue, 21-story, 113 m/370 ft switching station completed in 1964
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(south)
Tenth Avenue
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Ninth Avenue
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Eighth Avenue
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- The section between Eighth and Broadway is signed
Senor Wences
Way, for the ventriloquist who had appeared on
The Ed Sullivan Show
(produced nearby) and who lived in the Ameritania Hotel.
- The Marc, 260 West 54th, 42-floor, 142 m / 464 ft apartment tower on top of municipal garage (south)
- Studio 54
(south)
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- Ameritania Hotel (south)
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Broadway
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Seventh Avenue
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- 1325 Avenue of the Americas (north) (actually closer to Seventh Avenue) 35-story 153 m / 502 ft, is the office tower that was portrayed in
Seinfeld
as Elaine's workplace. It is connected to the Hilton Hotel.
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(south)
- Conrad
(formerly The London NYC), 54-floor 180m/590ft mixed-use tower; tallest building on West 54th
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(north)
- Ziegfeld Theatre
(north)
- New York Hilton Hotel
, 49-floor, 148 m 487 ft (148 m) hotel completed in 1963. Designed by
Lapidus
, it was originally supposed to resemble
Miami Beach
's curved
Fontainebleau Hotel
, but was later changed to resemble the nearby
New York Sheraton
which Lapidus had also designed.
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(south)
- 1345 Avenue of the Americas
, 50-story, 191 m / 625 ft office tower (north)
Sixth Avenue
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- 1330 Sixth Avenue, called "Brown Rock" when it was headquarters of ABC Television (south)
- Financial Times
Building, 41-story, 151 m / 496 ft office tower completed in 1965 (south)
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- The Warwick Hotel
, 36-story, 111 m / 363 ft hotel completed in 1927 (north)
- Tower Verre
, an under-construction 77-story, 320 m / 1,050 ft tower at 53 West 53rd Street
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(south)
- Museum of Modern Art
(south)
- Museum Tower 52-story588 ft (179 m)
Cesar Pelli
tower completed in 1985
- Rockefeller Apartments
, a New York City landmark
- Residences at 5?15 West 54th Street, a series of townhouses built in the late 1890s. All of these are New York City designated landmarks and collectively form a
National Register of Historic Places
district.
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- 4 West 54th Street, Mansion and Residence of
John D. Rockefeller
(now
Museum of Modern Art
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- University Club
(north)
Fifth Avenue
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Madison Avenue
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Park Avenue
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Lexington Avenue
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Third Avenue
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Second Avenue
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- Neighborhood Playhouse
, 340 East 54th Street
- East 54th Recreation Center
- Mondrian Condominiums, 43-story 134 m 439 ft (134 m) apartment complex completed in 1992
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First Avenue
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- Rivertower Apartments, 39-floor apartments
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(south)
- Saint James' Tower, 30-floor apartments
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Sutton Place South
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References
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"Clinton Towers Apartments, New York City /"
. US /: Emporis.com. Archived from
the original
on April 9, 2013
. Retrieved
February 3,
2013
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"AT&T Switching Center, New York City /"
. US /: Emporis.com. Archived from
the original
on November 9, 2006
. Retrieved
February 3,
2013
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"The Marc, New York City /"
. US /: Emporis.com. Archived from
the original
on February 6, 2007
. Retrieved
February 3,
2013
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"Ameritania Hotel New York, New York Hotels by CRS"
. Ameritaniahotelnewyork.com
. Retrieved
February 3,
2013
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"1700 Broadway, New York City /"
. US /: Emporis.com. Archived from
the original
on February 18, 2007
. Retrieved
February 3,
2013
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"1325 Avenue of the Americas, New York City /"
. US /: Emporis.com. Archived from
the original
on May 25, 2007
. Retrieved
February 3,
2013
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"The London NYC, New York City /"
. US /: Emporis.com. Archived from
the original
on February 20, 2007
. Retrieved
February 3,
2013
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"New York Hilton Hotel, New York City /"
. US /: Emporis.com. Archived from
the original
on July 30, 2012
. Retrieved
February 3,
2013
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"Financial Times Building, New York City /"
. US /: Emporis.com. Archived from
the original
on May 18, 2007
. Retrieved
February 3,
2013
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"Tower Verre, New York City /"
. US /: Emporis.com. Archived from
the original
on June 29, 2012
. Retrieved
February 3,
2013
.
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White, Norval
; Willensky, Elliot; Leadon, Fran (2010).
AIA Guide to New York City
(5th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. p. 333.
ISBN
978-0-19538-386-7
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"520 Madison Avenue, New York City /"
. US /: Emporis.com. Archived from
the original
on July 29, 2012
. Retrieved
February 3,
2013
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"Dillon, Read & Company Building, New York City /"
. US /: Emporis.com. Archived from
the original
on February 19, 2007
. Retrieved
February 3,
2013
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"527 Madison, New York City /"
. US /: Emporis.com. Archived from
the original
on November 15, 2006
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February 3,
2013
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"909 Third Avenue, New York City /"
. US /: Emporis.com. Archived from
the original
on February 11, 2007
. Retrieved
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2013
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"FDR Station - Post Office"
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USPS
. Retrieved
April 21,
2023
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"Mondrian Condominiums, New York City /"
. US /: Emporis.com. Archived from
the original
on November 15, 2006
. Retrieved
February 3,
2013
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"Rivertower Apartments, New York City /"
. US /: Emporis.com. Archived from
the original
on February 11, 2007
. Retrieved
February 3,
2013
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"Saint James' Tower, New York City /"
. US /: Emporis.com. Archived from
the original
on February 11, 2007
. Retrieved
February 3,
2013
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- Italics
indicate streets no longer in existence.
- All entries are streets, circles, or squares unless otherwise noted
- See also:
Manhattan address algorithm
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