Rockefeller Center New York : Architecture Information

Rockefeller Center 5th - 7th Avenue; 47th - 51st Street, Midtown, Manhattan 1930-39 Raymond Hood, Architect New York photo: Andrew McRae, 2007 Named after John D. Rockefeller, Jr., who developed it from 1930. Apart from the history of these 21 buildings, and the strong public realm (including stunnign friezes and sculptures), two things stand out : the beautiful ice rink - Outdoor Plaza in winter - and the supreme luxury of the Rainbow Rooms at the very top looking out over Manhattan. You can drink cocktails or dance away at the top of one of the highest skyscrapers in the city, or both. New York photo: Andrew McRae, 2007 Architectural Style: Art Deco Address: 1250 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10112, United States Phone: (212) 632-3975 Down at street level is Radio City Music Hall: Radio City Music Hall, 1260 Avenue of the Americas 1932 Architect for exterior : Edward Durell Stone ; interior design : Donald Deskey Rockefeller Center - Radio City, Photo © Tim Collins RCA Building - now GE Building, 30 Rockefeller Plaza (Fifth Avenue at 49th Street) 1934 Raymond Hood et al RCA : first Rockefeller Center building Rockefeller Center - Key Sculptures Statue of Atlas Sculptor: Lee Lawrie Prometheus Sculptor: Paul Manship The sunken plaza in front of 30 Rockefeller Plaza contains an ice rink in Winter Ten Key New York buildings, chronological: 1. Statue of Liberty, Liberty Island Frederic Bartholdi 2. Flatiron Building Daniel Burnham, Architect 3. Pennsylvania Station McKim, Mead & White, Architects 4. Chrysler Building William Van Alen, Architect 5. Empire State Building Shreve, Lamb & Harmon, Architects 6. Rockefeller Center Raymond Hood, Architect 7. Guggenheim Museum Frank Lloyd Wright Architects 8. Seagram Building Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Architect Another building by Mies van der Rohe is the Barcelona Pavilion 9. TWA Building, New York Airport Eero Saarinen, Architect 10. Whitney Museum Marcel Breuer, Architect