Let's rate the McGraw-Hill Building in New York City.

The Stats

Height: 674 ft/205 m
Floors: 51
Year: 1969
Architect: Harrison, Abramovitz & Harris

Did You Know?

On the western portion of the building site is the McGraw-Hill's contribution to the through-block Extension promenades, most notable by its waterfall wall, with a transparent plexiglass tunnel leading through.

The Pictures

http://www.thecityreview.com/newmcg1.gif

Base and Mini Plaza:

http://www.greatgridlock.net/NYC_Images/020.jpg

The Promenade:

http://www.greatgridlock.net/NYC_Images/624.jpg

http://www.greatgridlock.net/NYC_Images/209.jpg

http://www.rockgroupdevelopment.com/images/1221pix/1221_sigpix.jpg

6/10

7/10

Simple and elegant.

5.5/10

7/10...A simple and quite nice box, I like the plaza in front of it.

Average....

6.5/10

7/10

7/10 it's tall and i kinda like it.In a city like New York it vanishes in the clusters.

very very very much like the former WTC. it's the same in terms of facade, it only differs in shape of the box!

7/10

it looks ok

7/10

looks ok. too plain and too common though. nice things below. but they aren't part of the building i am to rate. 6.0/10. decent enough. and much better than two previous buildings i saw in rot.

Wow, I never noticed the plexiglass tunnel before! The building is nice. A good and powerful box. It is funny how all the three buildings look like they are of the same height from the bottom, but their height is actually very different. 9/10.

Alright building. 6.5/10

8/10. Cool glassy box!

A little too massive. 6/10.

Nothing special 6.5/10

7/10, not bad

7/10

This box looks alright......
6.0/10

9

Looks like the WTC .. Not bad
7/10

very repetitive 7/10

not bad, tall though.............6.5

A pre-WTC tryout?

c'mon! its from NYC! 9.5

6.5/10

6.5/10.

7.5/10....................essential

very nice 8/10

Looks like the.................WTC!
8.0

I'm normally a fan of boxes, but this one's quite dull.

This type of facade worked well on the WTC, but this building lacks the height and presence of the twin towers and just ends up being average in appearance.

6/10

i use to live in manhatten in greenwich village i practicly know every building there and my dad puts in elevaters in the buildings there his current job is the Marriott residence inn and his next job is the freedom tower and libeskind towers go to www.emporis.com and check out nycs construction 8/10

6/10

not bad. nice cladding :happy:

7/10

Not enough photos to make an educated decision. I give it a 6.5/10.

nice box, 8

pas mal 8/10

quality box 8

simple, 7/10. But the name... I dont like it, even though they name it after their company. McGraw-Hill .

6/10

Nothing special

Ah. The textbook makers!

7.5 Just a tall box

8/10

Nice box. 8.

6/10.

I like its WTC's style.
8.5/10

7/10

7/10

Those bastards, they're competing with addison wesley - 0/10.

Ah. The textbook makers!
Yeh, I should be studying my McGraw-Hill biology textbook rather than rating their headquarters on SSC. But apparantely these people do a lot more than make textbooks - http://www.mcgraw-hill.com/

This thread needs some better pics - theres plenty of photos of the other McGraw-Hill Building but not this one - heres one I found
http://www.aviewoncities.com/img/nyc/kveus0579b.jpg

I give it 6.5/10 - nothing special

This box is OK... 7/10

8/10

7.5/10. A nice and tall building.

nothing special 5/10

forgot I already posted here

6,5/10

6/10 from me

a 10 ! very much like the facade of the WTC (RIP)

7.5 a good box.

An average 6.5/10

6/10

7/10

8.0 for mass and strength

6.5/10.

8/10.

4/10

7/10

7/10

7/10

6/10

nice box 7.5/10

7/10

8/10

6.5/10

6/10

1/10. Another box.

very boring
4/10

5/10

8.5/10

6.5

5.5 / 10

5.5/10

So this is where all those damn highschool textbooks came from 5/10.

6/10

7/10

7/10

6/10

8/10

4/10

6/10.

This box looks alright......
6.0/10

exatcly! 6/10

that tower is very "new york". elegant and simple. 8.

Kind of boring like its other two neighbors adds to the skyline though 6/10

7/10

nice building. 7/10

9/10

Luckily there are so many of these buildings in New York so that better-looking buildings can stand out from the blandness :-)
5/10

7/10; this is the building featured in the movie, The Devil Wears Prada. It was a fun movie if you haven't seen it.

Never been a huge fan of the XYZ Buildings. 5.5/10.

8/10

yuck!

5. yawn

8/10

6.5 :)

6.5/10

8/10

6.5/10

7/10

8/10

8. Good building. Regards.

7/10

9.5/10 really cool

http://www.emporis.com/img/6/2002/02/140804.jpg

http://www.emporis.com/img/5/2000/09/122547.jpg

http://www.emporis.com/img/6/2008/02/593335.jpg

http://www.emporis.com/img/6/2008/05/621969.jpg

9/10

9/10

7/10

7/10

I think this building requires perspective, if you are there, it is an amazing building! There are 2 buildings right next to it of varying heights, and they all look extremely similar. And on this street (6th avenue) there are a lot of boxy buildings that are roughly the same height, but they all have different sidewalk widths, so some buildings are set back more than others. It makes for a really cool effect!

Also, I suggest everyone look up the other "McGraw Hill Building" it was the previous headquarters, it's near times square. I didn't notice it until my 14th visit to NYC (I've been there 16 times now). It's beautiful! It's a cool green color, and it's one of my favorite art deco buildings there is!


http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t36/wh1fedora/IMG_4182.jpg It's the one in the front, I suggest you find a better pic though.