Office skyscraper in Manhattan, New York
1211 Avenue of the Americas
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Alternative names
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- Celanese Building
- News Corp. Building
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Status
| Completed
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Type
| Offices and television studios (
Dow Jones & Company
,
Fox News
,
New York Post
,
The Wall Street Journal
)
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Architectural style
| International Style
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Location
| 1211
Avenue of the Americas
,
New York City
,
New York
, U.S.
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Coordinates
| 40°45′30″N
73°58′55″W
/
40.758464°N 73.981806°W
/
40.758464; -73.981806
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Construction started
| 1968
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Completed
| 1971
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Opening
| 1973
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Owner
| Ivanhoe Cambridge
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Roof
| 592 ft (180.44 m)
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Top floor
| 558 feet (170 m)
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Floor count
| 45
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Floor area
| 1,854,912 sq ft (170,000 m
2
)
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Lifts/elevators
| 36
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Architect(s)
| Wallace Harrison
(Harrison, Abramovitz & Harris)
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Developer
| Rockefeller Group Development Corporation
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Main contractor
| Celanese Corporation
and
Rockefeller Center, Inc.
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[1]
[2]
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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
Ivanhoe Cambridge
as of 2023
[update]
.
[3]
The structure has a simple slab-like shape devoid of any decoration, its prosaic facade consisting of vertical alternating limestone and glass stripes. The facade 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]
Background
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The building was part of the later
Rockefeller Center
expansion (1960s–1970s) dubbed the
XYZ Buildings
.
[4]
Their plans were first drawn in 1963 by the
Rockefeller family
's architect,
Wallace Harrison
, of the architectural firm
Harrison & Abramovitz
.
[5]
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). The "Z" Building, the shortest and the youngest, is 1211 Avenue of the Americas with 45 stories (592 ft).
[6]
The structure is
LEED
-certified at a silver-level designation by
USGBC
.
[7]
Notable tenants
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The building served as the global
headquarters
for the original
News Corporation
, founded by Australian-born businessman
Rupert Murdoch
in 1980. It continues to serve as the headquarters for subsequent spin-offs
Fox Corporation
(2019–present) and the present-day
News Corp
(2013–present), and until 2019,
21st Century Fox
(2013–2019). The building is well-known for housing the main
Fox News
studios, part of the Fox News Group which is currently owned by Fox Corp, as well as its streetside
plaza
, known as Fox Square. News Corp divisions housed located in the building include
Dow Jones & Company
,
The Wall Street Journal
, and the
New York Post
.
Other companies unaffiliated with News Corp that lease office space in the building include
Annaly Capital Management
and
Ropes & Gray LLP
.
Studios
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- B -
After the Bell
,
Fox Business Tonight
,
Making Money
, and
Varney & Co.
- D -
Gutfeld!
- E -
Bulls & Bears
,
Countdown to the Closing Bell
,
First Things First
,
Fox Report
, and
Journal Editorial Report
- G -
Cavuto Live
,
Mornings with Maria
, and
Your World with Neil Cavuto
- J -
America's Newsroom
,
America Reports
,
Fox & Friends First
,
Justice with Judge Jeanine
,
Sunday Morning Futures with
Maria Bartiromo
,
[8]
and
Hannity
- M -
The Five
,
Fox & Friends
,
Outnumbered
,
Jesse Watters Primetime
, and
The Story with Martha MacCallum
- N -
The Evening Edit
- W -
Fox Weather
See also
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References
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Buildings
| Original complex
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West of
5th Av
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East of
5th Av
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Restaurants/
nightlife
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Museums/
cultural centers
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Clubhouses
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institutions
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Transportation
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stations
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intersections
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