Pepe Gonzales Filming Locations

Pepe Gonzales was a skit on Saturday Night Live in the infamous sixth season (1980-81). It stars a young Gilbert Gottfried as "America's only living bullfighter". The skit is of special interest to me because it features vintage footage of early 80's New York City. Let's see if we can pinpoint the exact filming locations...

The first shot that had clues as to its location is this one of Pepe trying to ward off a street cleaner. Notice the sign for Commerce Street. I think this might be the intersection of Commerce and Seventh Ave, but I'm not sure.
For reference, this is what Commerce and Seventh looks like:

Do you guys think this is the same location?

In this scene, Pepe is in the way of a woman pushing her baby's carriage. There is a statue in the background that looked familiar to me when I first saw it. What you are looking at is the statue in Columbus Circle, right across from the current site of the Time Warner Center.

I'm pretty sure that this next shot is on the long-gone West Side Highway Viaduct, which was still abandoned at the time this was shot.

This is the reverse angle. That certainly looks like the Meatpacking District back there.

Lastly, on a more somber note, when it cuts back to Pepe, note the Twin Towers in the background.