Exxon Building, NYC

1251 Avenue of America, NY, NY
Built in 1971, photographed in 2005

The Exxon Building, more widely known by its address, 1251 Avenue of the Americas, was part of the
later Rockefeller Center expansion (1960s-1970s) dubbed the "XYZ Buildings" on Sixth Avenue, (also
known as Avenue of the Americas). Their plans were first drawn in 1963 by The Rockefeller family's
architect, Wallace Harrison of the architectural firm, Harrison and Abramovitz.

Confucius Plaza Apartments, NYC

Built in 1975, photographed in 2005

Confucius Plaza Apartments is a limited-equity housing cooperative in Chinatown, Manhattan. The 44
story (433 ft (132 m)) tower block with 760 apartments was constructed in 1975 at a cost of
$38,387,000. The coop members are almost exclusively Chinese Americans. The complex is located
north of Chatham Square at the intersection of Bowery and Division Street.