Glass Tower
From Skyscraper
The Glass Tower is a fictitious 138-story skyscraper depicted in the movie The Towering Inferno.
- Originally designed by production illustrator Dan Goozee under the direction of production designer William Creber
- Script file: Glass Tower.bld
- Partial collection of blueprints
- Original model photos (Joseph Musso collection)
- Original model photos (Scott Crabbe collection)
Specifications
Height: 1,652 feet (503.53 meters) to roof line (138th floor base), 1673.5 feet (510 meters) total structure height
Fictitious location: 655 Market Street, San Francisco, CA
Floors: 138, including roof
Basements: 6 (not done yet)
Elevators: unknown (4 currently implemented)
Stairwells: 0 (not done yet)
Floor assignments
B6-B1 - Basements (seen in a blueprint shot)
One of those basements is the Main Utility Room; location in screenplay is called "Basement"
1 - Plaza lobby and shopping center
M - Mezzanine depicted in movie
3 to 49, and 51 to 80 - Offices
50 - Central Security Center
65 - Duncan Enterprises main office complex
79 - Architectural offices
81-120 - Residential
134 - Kitchen Storage Area
135 - Promenade Room
136 - Utility Room
137 - Tank Storage Area
138 - Roof w/heliport
