Rockefeller Center

Rockefeller Center, 2007

Rockefeller Center is a group of buildings covering 22 acres (8.9 ha) between 48th and 51st streets in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States.^[1] The buildings connect together underground. An ice-skating rink is located in the middle. Rockefeller Center also has a 850 feet-tall (260 m) skyscraper called 30 Rockefeller Plaza.

Rockefeller Center was made by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. during the Great Depression in the 1930s between Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenue. Construction finished in 1939. It is decorated in Art Deco style. It became a National Historic Place in December 1987. In the 1970s, more buildings were made to the west of Sixth Avenue.

Rockefeller Center Media

Rockefeller Center originated as a plan to replace the old Metropolitan Opera House (pictured).^[2]^[3]
Construction progress in December 1933
The iconic photograph Lunch atop a Skyscraper depicts workers resting for a meal during the construction of 30 Rockefeller Plaza.
1230 Avenue of the Americas (originally the U.S. Rubber Company Building) is the most recently built structure in the original complex.
75 Rockefeller Plaza, built in 1947
1251 Avenue of the Americas (1965). 1221 (1966) and 1211 (1968) are visible to the left and far left, respectively.
Rockefeller Center's landmark plaque
30 Rockefeller Plaza and its former "GE" neon sign
The southwest corner of Radio City Music Hall, as seen diagonally across the intersection of Sixth Avenue and 50th Street
The Channel Gardens between the British and French buildings, facing the Saks Fifth Avenue flagship