Located atop the building on the 48th floor was The Hemisphere Club, a members-only restaurant during the day, which opened to the public in the evenings as the Tower Suite. The restaurant was operated by Joseph Baum's Restaurant Associates, who also operated The Four Seasons Restaurant, La Fonda del Sol, The Rainbow Room, The Forum of the Twelve Caesars and later Windows on the World. The Hemisphere Club closed some time after 1991.
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