Trump International Hotel and Tower (New York City)
The Trump International Hotel and Tower, originally the Gulf and Western Building, is a high-rise building at 15 Columbus Circle and 1 Central Park West on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City. It was originally designed by Thomas E. Stanley as an office building and completed in 1970 as the headquarters of Gulf and Western Industries. In the mid-1990s, a joint venture composed of the General Electric Pension Fund, Galbreath Company, and developer Donald Trump renovated the building into a hotel and residential tower. The renovation was designed by Philip Johnson and Costas Kondylis.
The tower, with the Columbus Circle globe in front
Seen from ground level
Facade view of the Trump International Hotel and Tower
View from 61st Street
Columbus Circle is a traffic circle and heavily trafficked intersection in the New York City borough of Manhattan, located at the intersection of Eighth Avenue, Broadway, Central Park South, and Central Park West, at the southwest corner of Central Park. The circle is the point from which official highway distances from New York City are measured, as well as the center of the 25 miles (40Â km) restricted-travel area for C-2 visa holders.
Columbus Circle in Manhattan
Columbus Circle during construction of the original subway in 1900
Subway construction under the Columbus monument in 1901
William Phelps Eno's second Columbus Circle plans, developed in 1909