1221 Avenue of the Americas

1221 Avenue of the Americas
1221 Avenue of the Americas with 1251 Avenue of the Americas visible to its left
Former names	McGraw-Hill Building
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Office
Architectural style	International style
Location	1221 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020 U.S.
Coordinates	40°45′33″N 73°58′54″W / 40.75917°N 73.98167°W / 40.75917; -73.98167
Construction started	1966
Completed	1969
Opening	1972
Owner	Rockefeller Group (Mitsubishi Estate)
Height
Roof	674 feet (205 m)
Top floor	640 feet (200 m)
Technical details
Floor count	51
Floor area	2,199,982 sq ft (204,385 m2)
Lifts/elevators	36
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Wallace Harrison
References
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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. The facade has no decoration and consists of red granite piers alternating with glass stripes to underline the tower's verticality.

The building is set back 115 feet (35 m) from Sixth Avenue, with a sunken courtyard dominated by Sun Triangle, an 49-foot (15 m) abstract steel sculpture by Athelstan Spilhaus. The tower's lobby is clad in dark red terrazzo and red marble, with aphorisms by Plato and John F. Kennedy.^[2]