1251 Avenue of the Americas - Manhattan, New York - Skyscrapers on Waymarking.com

1251 Avenue of the Americas was built in 1967-1971 as the second building in the Rockefeller Center Extension across Sixth Avenue, with the Exxon oil company as the main occupant.

Due to the buildings' excess bulk, as opposed to the allowances given by zoning, the western ends of the plots were to be used as north-south public promenades running through each block.

The vertical facade striping consists of narrow limestone-clad piers as vertical structural members, with a similar structural system used on the other buildings within the new complex.

The first plans for the three new office towers, called the Exxon Building, McGraw-Hill Building and Celanese Building, were made in 1963 by Harrison and Abramovitz. The plan arranged the buildings around a large sunken central plaza (with entrances to the new buildings, as well as the Rockefeller Center concourse), with the centermost one placed north-south, at right angles with the established Manhattan gridline. In the realized plan, however, all the buildings were placed east-west on adjacent blocks.

Building Name: 1251 Avenue of the Americas Structure Height: 754 Number of Stories: 55 Year Built: 1971 Architect/Design Firm: Harrison, Abramovitz & Harris Style: International Style Use: Office Building Publicly accessible areas: Lobby Cost: Free Address: 1251 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York, U.S.A., 10020-1175 The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) link: [Web Link] Hours: Not listed Building Website: Not listed

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