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dc.coverage.spatialSite: New York, New York, United Statesen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1930-1933 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorHood, Raymond M.en_US
dc.creatorLawrie, Lee Oskaren_US
dc.creatorLachaise, Gastonen_US
dc.creatorFaulkner, Barryen_US
dc.date1930-1933en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-12-05T16:07:16Z
dc.date.available2013-12-05T16:07:16Z
dc.date.issued1930-1933en_US
dc.identifier241466en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 2854en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/149706
dc.descriptionEast facade,1250 Avenue of the Americas entrance loggia; "Intelligence Awakening Mankind" by Faulkner, detail "spoken word"; Art Deco skyscraper that forms the centerpiece of Rockefeller Center in Midtown Manhattan. Principal architect was Raymond Hood, working with and leading three architectural firms on a team that included a young Wallace Harrison. Known as the RCA Building until 1988, it is most famous for housing the headquarters of the television network NBC. Now known as the GE Building. The 70-story building is the 10th tallest building in New York City and the 33rd tallest in the United States. It was the first building constructed with the elevators grouped in the central core. It includes an observation deck and the restaurant the Rainbow Room. Opened in 1934, it was the first restaurant to be located in a high-rise setting, designed by French architect Jacques Carlu. It had a slowing rotating dance floor (it was closed in 2009). The east facade on 1250 6th Avenue is known as "1250 Avenue of the Americas". Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 8/9/2013)en_US
dc.format.mediumstone; steel; glassen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectbusiness, commerce and tradeen_US
dc.subjectcommunicationsen_US
dc.subjectbroadcastingen_US
dc.subjectNational Broadcasting Companyen_US
dc.subjecttelevisionen_US
dc.subjectradioen_US
dc.subjectArt Decoen_US
dc.subjectTwentieth centuryen_US
dc.title30 Rockefeller Plazaen_US
dc.title.alternativeRCA Buildingen_US
dc.title.alternativeGE Buildingen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-RH-RC-T48en_US
vra.culturalContextAmericanen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypeskyscraperen_US
vra.worktypebroadcasting studioen_US
vra.worktypeoffice buildingen_US
dc.contributor.displayBarry Faulkner (American mosaicist, 1881-1966); Gaston Lachaise (French sculptor, 1882-1935); Lee Oskar Lawrie (American sculptor, 1877-1961); Raymond M. Hood (American architect, 1881-1934)en_US


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