In Popular Culture
- The construction of the building can be seen in Shirley Clarke's film Skyscraper (1960).
- A high POV shot from behind St. Patrick's Cathedral looking at the intersection of 52nd Street and Fifth Avenue appears in the 1973 film Godspell.
- The roof of the building can be seen (fittingly) in John Boorman's Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977).
- Klaus Nomi used the address on his self-titled album, Klaus Nomi (1981).
- This building is featured in Good Omens as the headquarters for Famine
In March 2011 Inditex acquired 3,600 square meters of commercial surface in the building for 324 million dollars.
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