Height: 692 ft/ 211 m
Floors: 50
Year: 1992
Architect: Swanke Hayden Connell

was built in 1988-1992 as an office building on Sixth Avenue at 45th Street.
Developed by Bernstein brothers' New York Land Company and the KG Land New York Corp., a subsidiary of the Japanese construction and development firm Kumagai Gumi, the 89,200 m² building stood in a 3/4 complete state for a year until January 1991 as a legal battle was being fought -- KG Land sought to bankrupt the project due to alleged financing problems caused by the reputation of the NY Land Co., an NYC representative of Philippines' Marcoses' real estate assets.

The building rises to 211 m and incorporates 50 floors in a lavish Post-modern Deco display of pink unpolished granite piers rising through setbacks to the top, trimmed by grey granite in spandrels and the set-back, spired top.

The five-storey Americas Tower Exhibition Lobby is used by the National Sculpture Society for its rotating exhibitions -- there is also the dedicated NSS Gallery on the 15th floor of the building.

Kumagai Gumi sold the building in 2002 to a consortium led by Paramount Group for $500 million.

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9/10. Exceptional building.

8/10.Cool facade and it's tall.

I just wished that the top was a bit more eye-catching. 8.0/10

8.5/10

7.5/10 nice setbacks. facade is fab.

7.5/10 Reminds me a bit of a robot...

8/10...Nice overall design including the setbacks, the top, the facade but I don't like the colors that much and it could have been more stunning.

it looks good! 9/10

8.5/10

Thats exactly what I expect from New York!

9/10

Looks quite good.The design is pretty ok,but it's isn't really my style i think.8.0/10

8.5/10

Good design ,nice facade

7.5/10

It looks great looking up but something about the top doesnt do it for me.

decent, 8.5

pff..no

irritating postmodernism

5.5

Don't like the color, but the desing is nice. 7.5/10

7.0

8

is this also called 'office of the americas'?

nice try 7/10

6.5 that's the best I can do

i like , u like, we all like:D
8/10

No thanks.....what a failure

4/10

A boring postmodern tower, not more than a dressed box. 4/10

9,5

i love that facade!

8.5/10



nice tower

Nice tower and pretty good looking facade

8.5/10

8/10

Nice design and facade. 8/10

A modern (not style, in terms of time) goodie. 9.5/10

Almost hidden in New York's skyline. 7/10

7/10

6/10

9.0 Great building.

Looking up from street level it looks freakin' awesome.

Unfortunately the top is rather disappointing when seen from high up/aerial views. Overall though it's one very classy building. Love those setbacks!

9/10

It is a very cool one. 8.5/10

7/10

i like the building's art deco style facade pattern that gives it a soaring look, but the top is sorta cheap

8

nice building!! i love the top

8/10

Looks NYCish, but is ugly overall. I give it a 5.5/10. :(

Average, 7

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6/10.

9.

6/10

6.5/10

It looks nice from the ground looking up

The granite looks nice in this facade, 7/10

It's ok, 7/10

8.5/10

Looks good and fits NYC well. 8/10

8/10

6/10

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7.5/10

Fabulous. 9/10

7/10

OK i guess 7/10

8.5/10 This really is a cool tower. The pictures dont do it justice. It also is one of the most obscure NYC towers. Overshadowed in fame, and by all the taller ones around it in its very crowded location. Sharp colors, a good sense of style. a good addition to midtown manhattan

6/10 -- not too impressive...

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I have one word...UGLY 3.5/10

7/10

good 8/10

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7.5 hmmm...

5/10

9. A nice building just lost in the middle of the woods (Midtown).

5/10. Dull design.

5/10 Ugly.

6/10

4/10

Unsatisfactory.

5/10

hmmmmmmm hard choice 7/10 looks quite good but not perfect.

It's very difficult to stand out when right in the midst of the jungle as this building is. It adds to the overall density there and is not at all bad but is just lacking in pizzazz. It is OK but doesn't quite make it for me. A 6.5.

only 6/10

6/10

Postmodernism to the greatest! 9/10

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8/10

6/10, just another tower in new york

4/10...

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7.5/10.

Too plain and doesn't really stand out.

yawn .. 5

It's really a very average post-modernist design with nothing standing out. Even the height is not so outstanding for NYC.
5/10

5/10

8/10:)

7.5/10

just ok...

6.0/10

8/10

8. Good building. Regards.

8/10

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6/10 Not so bad but the top takes it down.

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