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McGraw–Hill Building (other)
McGraw–Hill Building may refer to: * 330 West 42nd Street, a landmark building in Manhattan, New York City, built in 1930 * 1221 Avenue of the Americas, in Manhattan, New York City, built in 1969 * McGraw–Hill Building (Chicago), a landmark building in Chicago, Illinois See also * McGraw-Hill (other) * McGraw Hill Financial S&P Global Inc. (prior to 2016, McGraw Hill Financial, Inc., and prior to 2013, The McGraw–Hill Companies, Inc.) is an American publicly traded corporation headquartered in Manhattan, New York City. Its primary areas of business are financia ... * McGraw–Hill Education {{disambig ...
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330 West 42nd Street
330 West 42nd Street (also known as the McGraw-Hill Building and formerly as the GHI Building) is a , 33-story skyscraper in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S. Designed by Raymond Hood and J. André Fouilhoux in a mixture of the International Style, Art Deco, and Art Moderne styles, the building was constructed from 1930 to 1931 and originally served as the headquarters of the McGraw-Hill Companies. The building's massing, or shape, consists of numerous setbacks facing 41st and 42nd streets, which were included to comply with the 1916 Zoning Resolution. The facade is made of blue-green terracotta ceramic tile panels alternating with green metal-framed windows, with a strongly horizontal orientation. The facade was intended to blend in with the sky regardless of the atmospheric conditions. The entrance and the original lobby were decorated with light blue and dark green panels. Most of the upper stories had similar floor plans, exc ...
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1221 Avenue Of The Americas
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. It served as the headquarters of McGraw Hill Financial from 1972 to 2015. The building is set back from Sixth Avenue. Its sunken courtyard formerly contained ''Sun Triangle'', an 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. Background The building was part of the later Rockefeller Center expansion (1960s–1970s) dubbed the "XYZ Buildings". Their plans were first drawn in 1963 by the Rockefeller family's architect, Wallace Harrison, of the archit ...
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McGraw–Hill Building (Chicago)
The McGraw–Hill Building was a 16-story, landmark building in the Near North Side, Chicago, Near North Side Community areas of Chicago, community area of Chicago, Illinois, at 520 N. Michigan Avenue (Chicago), Michigan Avenue. The facade and its architectural sculpture by Chicago-born artist Gwen Lux were designated a Chicago Landmark on February 7, 1997. The building was demolished in 1998; however, its facade was saved and reinstalled in 2000 on the new Le Méridien Chicago hotel building. The hotel was renamed the Conrad Chicago in 2005. The hotel was again renamed in 2015, becoming The Gwen, for sculptor Gwen Lux, and is part of The Luxury Collection. It was constructed by the McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, whose Midwestern headquarters served as the original anchor tenant. References External linksChicago Landmarks Page
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McGraw-Hill (other)
McGraw-Hill Education is an educational publisher and digital learning company. McGraw-Hill may also refer to: * S&P Global, an American financial corporation formerly known as McGraw-Hill * McGraw-Hill Telescope at MDM Observatory, American astronomical observatory * 4432 McGraw-Hill, an asteroid named in honor of the telescope See also * McGraw-Hill Building (other) * Tim McGraw and Faith Hill Audrey Faith McGraw (; born September 21, 1967), known professionally as Faith Hill, is an American Country music, country singer. She is one of the most successful country music artists of all time, having sold almost 50 million albums worldwide ...
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McGraw Hill Financial
S&P Global Inc. (prior to 2016, McGraw Hill Financial, Inc., and prior to 2013, The McGraw–Hill Companies, Inc.) is an American publicly traded corporation headquartered in Manhattan, New York City. Its primary areas of business are financial information and analytics. It is the parent company of S&P Global Ratings, S&P Global Market Intelligence, S&P Global Mobility, S&P Global Sustainable1, and S&P Global Commodity Insights, CRISIL. It is also the majority owner of the S&P Dow Jones Indices joint venture. "S&P" is a shortening of "Standard and Poor's". Corporate history The predecessor companies of S&P Global have histories dating to 1888, when James H. McGraw purchased the ''American Journal of Railway Appliances''. He continued to add further publications, eventually establishing The ''McGraw Publishing Company'' in 1899. John A. Hill had also produced several technical and trade publications and in 1902 formed his own business, The ''Hill Publishing Company''. In 1 ...
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