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1221 Avenue of the Americas (formerly also known as the McGraw-Hill Building) is an international-style skyscraper at 1221 Sixth Avenue (also known as the Avenue of the Americas) in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The 51-floor structure has a seven-story base and a simple, cuboid massing.
1271 Avenue of the Americas is on the western side of Sixth Avenue (officially Avenue of the Americas [2]), between 50th and 51st streets, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The land lot is rectangular and covers 82,340 sq ft (7,650 m 2 ). [ 3 ]
Their letters correspond to their height. 1251 Avenue of the Americas is the "X" Building as it is the tallest at 750 ft (229 m) and 54 stories, and was the first completed, in 1971. The "Y" is 1221 Avenue of the Americas , which was the second tower completed (1973) and is the second in height (674 ft and 51 stories).
1211 Avenue of the Americas, also known as the News Corp. Building, is an International Style skyscraper on Sixth Avenue in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Formerly called the Celanese Building , it was completed in 1973 as part of the later Rockefeller Center expansion (1960s–1970s) dubbed the "XYZ Buildings" .
1301 Avenue of the Americas (also known as the Crédit Agricole CIB Building, formerly the Crédit Lyonnais Building and the J.C. Penney Building) is a 609 ft (186m) tall skyscraper in Manhattan, New York City. It is located on the west side of Sixth Avenue (Avenue of the Americas) between 52nd and 53rd Streets.
1345 Avenue of the Americas (also known as the AllianceBernstein Building and formerly the Burlington House) is a 625-foot (191 m)-tall, 50-story skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. [1] Located on Sixth Avenue between 54th and 55th Streets , the building was built by Fisher Brothers and designed by Emery Roth & Sons .
The avenue's official name was changed to Avenue of the Americas in 1945 by the City Council, at the behest of Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, [25] who signed the bill into law on October 2, 1945. [26] The intent was to honor "Pan-American ideals and principles" [ 27 ] and the nations of Central and South America, and to encourage those countries to ...
The club is headquartered at the New York Yacht Club Building in New York City. The America's Cup trophy was won by members in 1851 and held by the NYYC until 1983. The NYYC successfully defended the trophy twenty-four times in a row before being defeated by the Royal Perth Yacht Club, represented by the yacht Australia II. The NYYC's reign was ...