1211 Avenue of the Americas
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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". Celanese, its primary tenant, later moved to Dallas, Texas. The building is owned by Ivanhoé Cambridge as of 2023[update].[3]
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General information | |
Status | Completed |
Type | Offices and television studios (Dow Jones & Company, Fox News, New York Post, The Wall Street Journal) |
Architectural style | International Style |
Location | 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York City, New York, U.S. |
Coordinates | 40.758464°N 73.981806°W / 40.758464; -73.981806 |
Construction started | 1968 |
Completed | 1971 |
Opening | 1973 |
Owner | Ivanhoé Cambridge |
Height | |
Roof | 592 ft (180.44 m) |
Top floor | 558 feet (170 m) |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 45 |
Floor area | 1,854,912 sq ft (170,000 m2) |
Lifts/elevators | 36 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Wallace Harrison (Harrison, Abramovitz & Harris) |
Developer | Rockefeller Group Development Corporation |
Main contractor | Celanese Corporation and Rockefeller Center, Inc. |
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The structure has a simple slab-like shape devoid of any decoration, its prosaic façade consisting of vertical alternating limestone and glass stripes. The façade stone piers are supernumerary; there are twice as many of them as structurally necessary. The glass bands are continuous and offer no indication of floor levels. These features ably create the visual lack of scale, so the tower does not look overly bulky.[4]