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| Time Warner Center | |
 A partially destroyed Time Warner Center | |
| Country/Continent | United States |
| Location | Columbus Circle, Manhattan, New York |
| Status | Destroyed |
The Time Warner Center (code named "Area U439") is a mixed-use skyscraper developed by The Related Companies in New York City.
Description[]
Its design, by David Childs and Mustafa Kemal Abadan of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, consists of two 229 m (750 ft) towers bridged by a multi-story atrium containing upscale retail shops. Construction began in November 2000, following the demolition of the New York Coliseum, and a topping-out ceremony was held on February 27, 2003. It is the property with the highest-listed market value in New York City, $1.1 billion in 2006.
Originally constructed as the "AOL Time Warner Center," the building surrounds half of Columbus Circle in Midtown Manhattan. The total floor area of 260,000 m² (2.8 million ft²) is divided between offices (notably the offices of Time Warner Inc.), residential condominiums, and the Mandarin Oriental hotel. The Shops at Columbus Circle is an upscale shopping mall located in a curving arcade at the base of the building, with a large Whole Foods Markek grocery store in the basement.
The complex is also home to a 1,200 seat theater for Jazz at Lincoln Center as well as CNN studios, from where Anderson Cooper 360° and Lou Dobbs Tonight, among other shows, are broadcast live. CNN's Jeanne Moos, known for her offbeat "man on the street" reporting, frequently accosts her interview subjects just outside the building.
In Cloverfield[]
Lily, Rob, and Beth atop of the Time Warner Center.
Warren T. McIntyre owned Unit 3910 in the Time Warner Center's 39th floor and allowed his daughter, Elizabeth McIntyre, to live in the apartment.[1]
Sometime after the monster's arrival on Manhattan, the creature came to Columbus Circle and caused the second tower of the Time Warner Center to lean against the first, which caused Beth to be impaled by exposed rebar and trapping her in her apartment. Beth was able to call Robert Hawkins of her situation and prompting him and his friends to travel to Columbus Circle.
Rob, Lily, and Hud soon discovered the damage state of the building and (following an unconscious suggestion from Hud) to the semi-top of the first tower to climb across the second roof in order to reach Beth's apartment. The three managed to free Beth before making a frantic run for the final evacuation site in the city.