the manhattan municipal building, which still exists. in the scenes of bud and john riveting girders and their argument, it's the building shown prominently, centrally in the cityscape. the city marriage bureau was in that building. bud makes a reference to it when arguing with shirley day. johns demise results from his marriage to shirley day, who gets him drunk and drags him there. johns argument with bud about it, results in bud falling his death.