1200 Avenue of the Americas
USA /
New Jersey /
West New York /
Sixth Avenue (Avenue of the Americas), 1200
World
/ USA
/ New Jersey
/ West New York
World / United States / New York
office building, commercial building
6-story office building completed in 1960. Designed by Kahn & Jacobs, it is clad in white brick piers and grey metal spandrels above a tall ground floor lined with various storefronts. Much of the ground floor is topped by a broad band of shiny silver metal. The west facade on the avenue has ten bays of windows, and the south facade has five. A grey metal parapet marks the roof line. The north half of the roof has a large mechanical penthouse, and the south half has a landscaped roof deck. The ground floor is occupied by The Ride/The Tour sightseeing bus ticket office, Pret-A-Manger restaurant, and Diamond Center jewelers.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 40°45'29"N 73°58'53"W
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- 1221 Avenue of the Americas 0.2 km
- The Hippodrome Building & Garage 0.3 km
- The Sports Illustrated Building 0.4 km
- 745 Seventh Avenue (Barclays Capital Building) 0.4 km
- Morgan Stanley Corporate Headquarters 0.5 km
- CBS Viacom Headquarters 0.5 km
- The Times Square Building 0.6 km
- Paramount Plaza 0.6 km
- One Worldwide Plaza 0.7 km
- Midtown (North Central) 0.1 km
- Theater District 0.3 km
- Times Square Area 0.3 km
- Garment District 0.9 km
- Midtown (Manhattan, NY) 1 km
- Hell's Kitchen (Clinton) 1.2 km
- Manhattan 2.7 km
- Hudson County, New Jersey 8.2 km
- Queens 15 km
- The Palisades 23 km