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Public Contribution in High-Rise Building Design
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Rockefeller Center : The City within the City
Rockefeller - The Classical Complex
Building Information
Address 48th Street to 52nd Street and Fifth Ave. to Avenue of the Americas
Architects Reinhard and Hofmeister; Corbett, Harrison and MacMurray; Hood and Fouihoux
Date of Completion 1940
Materials Steel Structure and Limestone
General Information
The classical complex of Rockefeller Plaza was the combination of numbers of buildings;
5 - Simon & Schuster Building
(Picture: Building Group)
13- Ten Rockefeller Plaza Building
14 - One Rockefeller Building
15 - Manufactures Hanover Trust
16 - La Maison Francaise
17 - British Empire Building
6 - RCA Building
7 - RCA Building West
8 - 1270 Avenue of the Americas
9 - Radio City Music Hall Entertainment Center
11- The Associated Press Building
12 - International Building
18 - Palazzo d' Italia
19 - International Building North
10 - Warner Communications Building
The focus of the Complex is the 30 Rockefeller Center, a 70-storey, 850-ft.-high slab skyscraper. Every building in the complex was finished by in-expensive brown limestone. The complex is located in Midtown, the large business area of Manhattan and also adjacent to Fifth Ave, the famous avenue of Manhattan that contains every first-class brand-name store. Therefore, the main function of Rockefeller Plaza is the Office Buildings and the great name retail stores on the Ground Floor. NBC corperation, one of the largest media corporation in USA, also has the headquarters in Rockefeller Plaza. Christies, the world-class auction house is also located here. Always and only the best name, has a base in Rockefeller Plaza.
Picture: Rockefeller Center Plan Only include from 49th Street to 51th Street. The Yellow high-light area is the promenade and sunken plaza.
Another great spot of the Center is the Radio City Music Hall which has the long history of entertaining New York City since 1932. It is a 5,600 seat auditorium, the largest in New York City. It contains the show of the "Rockets", the line-up girls that move their legs up and down at the sametime. It is the world wide famous show. It was closed down for a while but was re-opened in 1998 and has been used for performances until present.
The center contains a vary of features. Therefore, people always call it as a "City with in the City".