1270 Avenue of the Americas

1270 Avenue of the Americas is a building in New York, Mid-Atlantic which is located on 6th Avenue. 1270 Avenue of the Americas is situated nearby to the theater building Radio City Music Hall, as well as near 1290 Avenue of the Americas.

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Type: Commercial building
Description: skyscraper in New York City, part of Rockefeller Center, above Radio City Music Hall
Also known as: “1270 Avenue of the Americas Building”, “Amax Building”, “American Metal Climax Building”, “Americas Building”, and “RKO Building”
Address: 1270 6th Avenue, New York, NY 10020

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Radio City Music Hall and Museum of Modern Art.

Radio City Music Hall

Theater building

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Radio City Music Hall is an entertainment venue and theater at 1260 Avenue of the Americas, within Rockefeller Center, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City.

Museum of Modern Art

Museum

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The Museum of Modern Art is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. MoMA's collection spans the late 19th century to the present, and includes over 200,000 works of architecture and design, drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, prints, illustrated and artist's books, film, as well as electronic media. Museum of Modern Art is situated 850 feet northeast of 1270 Avenue of the Americas.

Empire State Building

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The Empire State Building is a 102-story, supertall skyscraper in the Midtown South neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States. The building was designed in the Art Deco style by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and constructed between 1930 and 1931. Empire State Building is situated 1 mile south of 1270 Avenue of the Americas.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Diamond District and Theater District.

Diamond District

Neighborhood

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A diamond district is an area where the cutting, polishing, and trade of diamonds and other gems takes place. There are a number of these districts around the world, including:…

Theater District

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Broadway. Times Square. Madison Square Garden. The name says it all: the Theater District is the entertainment hub of the city, and possibly the entire nation.

Manhattan

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Wall Street. Madison Avenue. 34th Street. Broadway. Times Square. Manhattan is so well known that even the names of its streets have become iconic and understood the world over.

1270 Avenue of the Americas

Categories: skyscraper, building, and office
Location: New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.76005° or 40° 45′ 36″ north

Longitude

-73.97984° or 73° 58′ 47″ west

Inception

October 1932

Levels

Height

409 feet (125 metres)

Roof shape

flat

Open location code

87G8Q26C+23

OpenStreetMap ID

way 266170801

OpenStreetMap feature

building=commercial

Wikidata ID

Q101084958

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Swedish—“1270 Avenue of the Americas” goes by many names.

Catalan: “1270 Avenue of the Americas”
French: “1270 Avenue of the Americas”
German: “1270 Avenue of the Americas”
Spanish: “1270 Avenue of the Americas”
Swedish: “1270 Avenue of the Americas”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include 1290 Avenue of the Americas and United States Post Office.

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