1271 Avenue of the Americas
Manhattan, United States
Exterior only
Visible from the street; the inside is private.
1271 Avenue of the Americas, formerly the Time & Life Building, is a 48-story modern skyscraper on Sixth Avenue between 50th and 51st streets in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Designed by Wallace Harrison and Max Abramovitz and developed between 1956 and 1960 as part of Rockefeller Center, it has an eight-story base that partly wraps its main tower. The lobby, with artwork by Josef Albers, Fritz Glarner, and Francis Brennan, was designated a city landmark in 2002.
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- skyscraper
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- Manhattan, United States
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