McGraw-Hill Building

McGraw-Hill Building is the name of two high-rise buildings — both of them are in midtown Manhattan, New York City. The taller one, a 674 ft (205 m) edifice, is located at 1221 6th Avenue, between West 48th and West 49th Streets, while the shorter one, 485 ft (148 m) in height, is located at 330 West 42nd Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues.

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Midtown Manhattan - New York City

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The taller McGraw-Hill Building is one of the three buildings collectively known as the "XYZ Buildings". The "XYZ Buildings," west part of the Rockefeller Center complex, consists of three similar slab-looking buldings (but different in heights). Though all three buildings are on 6th Avenue (a.k.a. Avenue of the Americas), each building occupies a separate block. From 47th st to 50th st.

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The McGraw-Hill Building, the first one completed (1969) and the second in height (674 ft and 51 stories), is the "Y" Building and at 1221 Avenue of the Americas. The "X" Building, 1251 Avenue of ther Americas (formerly the Exxon Building), is the tallest (750 ft (229 m) and 54 stories) and the second one completed (1971). The "Z" Building, the shortest and the youngest, is the Celanese Building, with 45 stories (592 ft unknown stories) and is now home to News Corp.

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The 33-story 485 ft (138 m) tall original McGraw-Hill building was completed in 1931, the same year as the completion of the Empire State Building.

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The exterior walls of the building are panels of turquoise terra-cotta ceramic tiles, alternate with green-metal-framed windows, thus giving the building the nickname "The Jolly Green Giant".

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Located on West 42nd Street (between 8th and 9th Avenues), one of the two blocks that also house the Port Authority Bus Terminal, the McGraw-Hill Building has been the tallest building for decades in the Clinton neighborhood which locals commonly refer as the Hell's Kitchen for decades. It only lost its tallest status recently some even taller skyskcrapers have been built in the Times Square area. Today, despite it is still visible from a distance, it's not the tallest building on the block since a 58-story tall residential building will be soon completed.

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Clinton

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