75 Rockefeller Plaza

75 Rockefeller Plaza
75 Rockefeller Plaza
Former names Time Warner Building, Esso Building
General information
Status Complete
Type Office
Address 15 West 51st Street
Town or city New York City
Country United States
Construction started 1946
Completed 1947
Height 424 ft (129 m)
Technical details
Material Steel
Floor count 33
Floor area 578,237 sq ft (53,720.0 m2)
Design and construction
Architect Carson & Lundin; Wallace K. Harrison
Developer The Rockefeller Group
References
[1]

75 Rockefeller Plaza is a skyscraper in New York City, originally built as an extension to Rockefeller Center. It was completed in 1947 in early Modernist style. It was originally the Esso Building, built for the Standard Oil Company (Esso). At completion it was the tallest completely air-conditioned building in New York City, and the first one in Rockefeller Center. After Standard Oil's successor, Exxon, moved to the newly built 1251 Avenue of the Americas, the building became known as the Time Warner Building, after the Time Warner media conglomerate, until they moved to the Time Warner Center. It is owned by Mohamed Al Fayed[2] and managed and leased by RXR Realty.[3]

References

  1. "Time Warner Building". Skyscraper Center. Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  2. "75 Rockefeller Plaza - Time Warner Lease - Mohamed Al-Fayed". The Real Deal New York. 25 January 2012.
  3. David M Levitt (15 January 2013). "RXR Said to Buy 99-Year Leasehold at 75 Rockefeller Plaza". Bloomberg.com.

Coordinates: 40°45′36″N 73°58′40″W / 40.7599°N 73.9778°W / 40.7599; -73.9778

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