Rockefeller Center is a complex of commercial buildings in Midtown Manhattan, developed by John D. Rockefeller Jr. and built mainly during the 1930s under a team of architects working as the Associated Architects, with the firm Reinhard and Hofmeister taking the lead role. Its centerpiece is the 70-story Art Deco tower originally called the RCA Building and now known as 30 Rockefeller Plaza, set among a group of lower limestone-clad office buildings arranged around a sunken plaza that hosts a seasonal ice-skating rink beneath a large Christmas tree each winter. The complex also includes Radio City Music Hall, and its lobbies and building facades carry extensive Art Deco sculpture and relief work commissioned specifically for the site. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1987.
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Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account LocationSourced to the subject's own accountNew York City, United States 1 Completed YearSourced to the subject's own accountConstruction was phased: started 1931, first buildings opened 1933, core of the complex completed by 1939. Classification
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Wikimedia Foundationlead paragraph, first sentence, type clause
a complex of 19 commercial buildings covering 22 acres (8.9 ha)
History paragraph, construction timeline
The core of the complex was completed by 1939.
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in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City.
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Rockefeller Center is a complex of 19 commercial buildings covering 22 acres (8.9 ha) between 48th Street and 51st Street in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City.
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The 14 original Art Deco buildings, commissioned by the Rockefeller family
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One of the landmark buildings' defining features is the Indiana limestone facade possessed by all 14 structures, as specified in the original plans.
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Rockefeller Center is a complex of 19 commercial buildings covering 22 acres (8.9 ha) between 48th Street and 51st Street in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City.
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