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Buildings Formerly Part of Rockefeller Center

  • The Center Theatre (formerly the RKO Roxy Theatre; the only structure in the original Rockefeller Center to be demolished). When razed in 1954, the Center Theatre was an NBC television studio.
  • 75 Rockefeller Plaza (originally the Esso Building, later the Time Warner Building) – now owned by Mohamed Al Fayed
  • 1211 Avenue of the Americas (originally the Celanese Building. Now called the News Corp Building)
  • 1251 Avenue of the Americas (originally the Standard Oil Building, later the Exxon Building)
  • 1290 Avenue of Americas (aka AXA Financial Center, formerly the Sperry Rand Building),
  • Hilton New York Hotel & Towers (formerly The New York Hilton at Rockefeller Center)

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