Oh. My. God! Janice’s on-again-off-again boyfriend actually “worked” in a real New York City building. It’s a pretty iconic one too. The Solow Building is so architecturally eye-catching that you’d probably notice it even without trying to. It’s on West 57th Street, stretching 50 floors high with an impressive curved-out base. This skyscraper was also featured in Sex and the City, along with films like Zoolander and recent Superman movies.
Chandler worked in this building throughout his character’s time on Friends. He was briefly joined by Joey, who took on the acting persona of “Joseph” for the job. It turned out that Joseph wasn’t a great co-worker, so Chandler had to take on the persona of “Chandy” to fire him.
Major points if you can remember what Chandler did for a living! If you can’t quite name it, you’re not alone. Rachel and Monica lost their apartment to Chandler and Joey after guessing incorrectly in the lightning round of the gang’s high-stakes trivia game. Their guess: a transponster (“That’s not even a word!”). The right answer: an IT procurement manager. In the real world, the Solow Building houses workers in the marketing and equity management fields. Just as dull, in our humble opinion.
