Americas Tower, also known as 1177 Avenue of the Americas,
is a 50-
story
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, 692-foot (211 m) skyscraper in
Midtown Manhattan
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,
New York City
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, at
Sixth Avenue
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and 45th Street.
Construction began in 1989
and was expected to be completed in 1991.
This schedule was altered when construction was halted in December 1989 due to
lawsuit
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s.
In February 1991, construction resumed.
Swanke Hayden Connell Architects
Swanke Hayden Connell Architects was an international architecture, interiors and historic preservation firm with U.S. headquarters in New York City.
History
The firm was founded in New York in 1906 by Alexander Stewart Walker (1876-1952) and Leo ...
designed the tower in a mixture of the
art deco
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and
postmodern
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styles.
The
facade is made of polished reddish-pink granite.
The tower was sold in 2002 for
US$
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500 million to a group of German-American investors.
Tenants
*
Regus
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(floor 5)
*
The Weather Channel
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(floor 6)
*
Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel (concourse and floors 22-30)
*
Practising Law Institute
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(floor 2)
*
Turing Pharmaceuticals
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The com ...
(floor 39)
References
See also
*
List of tallest buildings in New York City
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Office buildings completed in 1992
Skyscraper office buildings in Manhattan
Art Deco architecture in Manhattan
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Midtown Manhattan
Office buildings in Manhattan
Sixth Avenue