1345 Avenue of the Americas

1345 Avenue of the Americas
Former names	Burlington House
Alternative names	AllianceBernstein Building
General information
Type	Commercial
Location	1345 6th Avenue New York, New York
Coordinates	40°45′47″N 73°58′44″W / 40.763074°N 73.978752°W / 40.763074; -73.978752
Construction started	1966
Completed	1969
Owner	Fisher Brothers
Height
Roof	625 ft (191 m)
Top floor	605 feet (184 m)
Technical details
Floor count	50
Floor area	1,998,994 sq ft (185,713 m2)
Lifts/elevators	36
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Emery Roth & Sons
Developer	Fisher Brothers

1345 Avenue of the Americas (also known as the AllianceBernstein Building and formerly the Burlington House) is a 625-foot (191 m)-tall, 50-story skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.^[1] Located on Sixth Avenue between 54th and 55th Streets, the building was built by Fisher Brothers and designed by Emery Roth & Sons. When completed in 1969, the building was originally named after Burlington Industries and today it is named after AllianceBernstein.

1345 Avenue of the Americas is an unrelieved slab structure in the International Style, sometimes referred to as "corporate" style, faced with dark glass. Its small plaza is dominated by its sprinkling fountain like a dandelion seedhead. It replaced the original Ziegfeld Theatre.