Editing Rockefeller Center (section)

===Later buildings===
[[File:1221 Avenue of the Americas.jpg|thumb|Looking up the facade of [[1221 Avenue of the Americas]]. [[1211 Avenue of the Americas|1211]] and [[1251 Avenue of the Americas|1251]] are visible to the left and right, respectively.]]
The buildings subsequently added are separately owned by multiple owners. <span class="anchor" id="75 Rockefeller Plaza"></span>The first subsequent building to be built was [[75 Rockefeller Plaza]], at 51st Street on the north end of the complex, was built in 1947.<ref name="NYTimes-Esso-Toppedout-1947"/> The building contains a low base that is level with the rooftops of the low-rise buildings on 51st and 52nd Street, as well as a tall slab rising from the base, aligned in a north–south direction.{{sfn|Krinsky|1978|p=104}}  It was originally built privately, but ownership was transferred to Rockefeller Center in February 1947.<ref name=NYTimes-Esso-Part-1947/> The 33-story, {{Convert|400|ft|m|adj=on}} building was originally called the Esso Building.<ref name="NYTimes-Esso-Toppedout-1947"/> It was the headquarters of [[Standard Oil Company of New Jersey]] (later [[Exxon]]) until the early 1970s.<ref name="Horsley 1973"/> The Esso Building was later renamed after [[Warner Communications]], [[Time Warner]] and [[AOL Time Warner]]. It is owned by the estate of [[Mohamed Al Fayed]], who died in 2023,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://therealdeal.com/blog/2012/01/25/75-rockefeller-plaza-needs-tenants-manager-in-2014/|title=75 Rockefeller Plaza – Time Warner Lease – Mohamed Al-Fayed|date=January 25, 2012|work=The Real Deal New York}}</ref> and managed by [[RXR Realty]] under a 99-year lease that began in 2013.<ref name="The Real Deal 2013 q062">{{cite web | title=Breaking down RXR Realty's $500 million gamble at 75 Rockefeller Plaza| website=The Real Deal | date=February 19, 2013 | url=https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2013/02/19/breaking-down-rxr-realtys-500-million-gamble-at-75-rockefeller-plaza/ | access-date=February 4, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-01-14/rxr-said-to-buy-99-year-leasehold-at-75-rockefeller-plaza|title=RXR Said to Buy 99-Year Leasehold at 75 Rockefeller Plaza|first=David M.|last=Levitt|date=January 15, 2013|work=Bloomberg.com}}</ref>

The other four buildings were built as part of a single project on the west side of Sixth Avenue between 47th and 51st streets.<ref name="NYTimes-Splendor-1971">{{cite web | last=Schumach | first=Murray | title=Touches of Sidewalk Splendor Planned for Midtown | website=The New York Times | date=August 6, 1971 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/08/06/archives/touches-of-sidewalk-splendor-planned-for-midtown-promenades-are.html | access-date=November 23, 2017}}</ref> Erected from 1958 through 1974, they were all built by the same firm, [[Harrison & Abramovitz|Harrison, Abramovitz & Harris]].{{sfn|White|Willensky|Leadon|2010|p=326}}{{sfn|Krinsky|1978|p=117}} The $300 million project was part of a drive to get large companies such as [[Celanese Corporation]], [[S&P Global|McGraw-Hill]], Exxon, and Time Inc. to invest in the center.<ref name="NYTimes-Splendor-1971"/> The new project added a combined {{convert|6,100,000|ft2|m2}} of space to the existing center when it was completed, and was attractive to potential tenants because of this.<ref name="NYTimes-Expansion-1974">{{cite web | last=Horsley | first=Carter B. | title=Rockefeller Center's Expansion Unaffected by Vacant Offices | website=The New York Times | date=August 12, 1974 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/08/12/archives/rockefeller-centers-expansion-unaffected-by-vacant-offices-further.html | access-date=November 23, 2017}}</ref> Four buildings are part of the newer Sixth Avenue expansion:{{sfn|White|Willensky|Leadon|2010|p=326}}
* [[1211 Avenue of the Americas]], the former Celanese Building, is located between 47th and 48th streets.{{sfn|White|Willensky|Leadon|2010|p=326}} The {{convert|592|ft|m|adj=mid|-tall}} tower opened in 1974.{{sfn|Nash|McGrath|1999|p=127}} Now the News Corp Building,<ref>{{cite news |last=Cuozzo |first=Steve | title=Fox and News Corp. to keep, expand Midtown headquarters | work=New York Post | date=January 17, 2017 | url=https://nypost.com/2017/01/17/fox-and-news-corp-to-keep-expand-midtown-headquarters/ | access-date=December 4, 2017 |quote=The News Corporation building at 1211 Sixth Ave}}</ref> it is owned by an affiliate of [[Beacon Capital Partners]], and leasing is managed by [[Cushman & Wakefield]].<ref name=1211ave>{{cite web| publisher=1211 Avenue of the Americas| url=http://1211.com/ownership.html| title=Ownership| access-date=March 6, 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010122846/http://www.1211.com/ownership.html| archive-date=October 10, 2014}}</ref>
* [[1221 Avenue of the Americas]], the former McGraw-Hill Building, is located between 48th and 49th streets.{{sfn|White|Willensky|Leadon|2010|p=326}} The {{convert|674|ft|m|adj=mid|-tall}} building opened in 1973{{sfn|Nash|McGrath|1999|p=127}} and is owned by the [[Rockefeller Group]].<ref name="Rockefeller Group">{{cite web | title=Portfolio | website=Rockefeller Group | date=February 6, 2012 | url=https://www.rockefellergroup.com/portfolio/ | access-date=December 4, 2017}}</ref>
* [[1251 Avenue of the Americas]], the former Exxon Building, is located between 49th and 50th streets.{{sfn|White|Willensky|Leadon|2010|p=326}} This {{convert|750|ft|m|adj=mid|-tall}} building was built from 1967<ref name="NYTimes-Rockefeller-Skyscraper-1967"/> to 1971.{{sfn|Nash|McGrath|1999|p=127}} Exxon's corporate headquarters moved into the structure in 1972, with co-ownership with Rockefeller Center's managers, and held an ownership stake there until 1986, when Mitsui & Company purchased the building.<ref>{{cite news| title=Mitusi Unit Gets Exxon Building| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/12/11/business/mitsui-unit-gets-exxon-building.html| last=Scardino| first=Albert| date=December 11, 1988| work=The New York Times| access-date=March 6, 2014 }}</ref> Exxon moved its headquarters to Texas in 1989, vacating all of the space in 1251 Avenue of the Americas.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Pearson|first1=Anne|first2=Ralph|last2=Bivins. |url=http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1989_659330 |title=Exxon moving corporate headquarters to Dallas|work=[[Houston Chronicle]]|date=October 27, 1989|page=A1|access-date=July 29, 2009}}</ref>
* [[1271 Avenue of the Americas]], the former Time & Life Building, is located between 50th and 51st streets.{{sfn|White|Willensky|Leadon|2010|p=326}} The {{convert|587|ft|m|adj=mid|-tall}} building was completed in 1958 Construction on the Time-Life's Building's steelwork started in April 1958,<ref name=NYTimes-Tops-Out-1958>{{cite news | title=Time-Life Building Tops Out at 587-Ft. With a Yule Tree | work=The New York Times | date=November 25, 1958 | url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1958/11/25/82217749.pdf | access-date=December 4, 2017}}</ref> and is owned by the Rockefeller Group.<ref name="Rockefeller Group"/>