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'''1221 Avenue of the Americas''', also known as the '''McGraw-Hill Building''' is a skyscraper built in 1969, located at 1221 [[Sixth Avenue (Manhattan)|Sixth Avenue]], [[Midtown Manhattan]], New York City, United States, between [[Sixth Avenue (Manhattan)|Sixth Avenue]] and [[Seventh Avenue (Manhattan)|Seventh Avenue]]. It is the third building in Manhattan to have the [[McGraw-Hill]] name, and is one of several buildings which are part of the [[Rockefeller Center]] complex expansion in the 1960s. It is {{convert|674|ft|m}} high and 51 stories. The building is the home of the headquarters of McGraw-Hill.<ref>"[http://www.mcgraw-hill.com/aboutus/locations_us_ny.shtml New York]." [[McGraw-Hill]]. {{Citation needed|date=March 2010}} Retrieved on March 11, 2010.</ref> Other tenants include [[Sirius XM Radio]] whose headquarters and broadcast facility are in the building. This building was not designed to handle any type of earth quakes since NY does not sit on a fault line.
'''1221 Avenue of the Americas''', also known as the '''McGraw-Hill Building''' is a skyscraper built in 1969, located at 1221 [[Sixth Avenue (Manhattan)|Sixth Avenue]], [[Midtown Manhattan]], New York City, United States, between [[Sixth Avenue (Manhattan)|Sixth Avenue]] and [[Seventh Avenue (Manhattan)|Seventh Avenue]]. It is the third building in Manhattan to have the [[McGraw-Hill]] name, and is one of several buildings which are part of the [[Rockefeller Center]] complex expansion in the 1960s. It is {{convert|674|ft|m}} high and 51 stories. The building is the home of the headquarters of McGraw-Hill.<ref>"[http://www.mcgraw-hill.com/aboutus/locations_us_ny.shtml New York]." [[McGraw-Hill]]. {{Citation needed|date=March 2010}} Retrieved on March 11, 2010.</ref> Other tenants include [[Sirius XM Radio]] whose headquarters and broadcast facility are in the building.


The expansion consisted of the three buildings collectively known as the "XYZ Buildings" (this is the Y building), each with similar slab-like massing, of different heights and designed by [[Wallace Harrison]]'s firm.
The expansion consisted of the three buildings collectively known as the "XYZ Buildings" (this is the Y building), each with similar slab-like massing, of different heights and designed by [[Wallace Harrison]]'s firm.

Revision as of 12:58, 24 August 2011

McGraw-Hill Building
Rockefeller Center 'XYZ' Buildings on Sixth Avenue. The middle one is McGraw-Hill.
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General information
TypeOffice
Location1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY, USA
Construction started1966
Completed1969
Height
Roof674 feet (205 m)
Technical details
Floor count51
Design and construction
Architect(s)Wallace Harrison

1221 Avenue of the Americas, also known as the McGraw-Hill Building is a skyscraper built in 1969, located at 1221 Sixth Avenue, Midtown Manhattan, New York City, United States, between Sixth Avenue and Seventh Avenue. It is the third building in Manhattan to have the McGraw-Hill name, and is one of several buildings which are part of the Rockefeller Center complex expansion in the 1960s. It is 674 feet (205 m) high and 51 stories. The building is the home of the headquarters of McGraw-Hill.[1] Other tenants include Sirius XM Radio whose headquarters and broadcast facility are in the building.

The expansion consisted of the three buildings collectively known as the "XYZ Buildings" (this is the Y building), each with similar slab-like massing, of different heights and designed by Wallace Harrison's firm.

The sunken courtyard of this building contains a large metal triangle designed by Athelstan Spilhaus and fabricated by Tyler Elevator Products, arranged so the Sun aligns with its sides at solstices and equinoxes.[2] When built, the south-western corner held a display of scale models of planets in the Solar System. A mosaic map of the Earth survives in the north-western corner.

The buildings are featured in the opening credits of Saturday Night Live, seen from below looking up in the street from a car. It was used for the exteriors and lobby of Elias-Clarke's headquarters in the 2006 film The Devil Wears Prada. It is also home of several Sirius XM Radio shows.

Sunken courtyard
World maps

Elevator incident

Nicholas White, an employee of the building, was trapped in an elevator for 41 hours on October 15, 1999. After entering an express elevator on a Friday night, a brief power dip caused the elevator to stop. White was trapped alone and was not found despite signaling an alarm and surveillance video inside the elevator cab. After 41 hours he could finally leave the elevator. [3][4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "New York." McGraw-Hill. [citation needed] Retrieved on March 11, 2010.
  2. ^ Natural History Magazine Sun triangle
  3. ^ Tierney, John. "The Big City; Aftermath Of 40 Hours In an Elevator", The New York Times, October 28, 1999. Accessed October 4, 2008.
  4. ^ Ups and downs of elevators The New Yorker

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