Rockefeller Center Building New York architect, Central Manhattan photos, NY ice skating location, date
Rockefeller Center New York Architecture
Ice Skating Rink / Rainbow Rooms / Radio City Music Hall, NYC, USA
post updated April 4, 2026
Rockefeller Center New York
Location: 5th – 7th Avenue; 47th – 51st Street, Midtown, Manhattan, NY
Dates built: 1930-39
Design: Raymond Hood Architect
New York photo: Andrew McRae, 2007
Rockefeller Center
This major Midtown real estate complex is 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 stunning 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 skyscraper building photo: Andrew McRae, 2007
Architectural Style: Art Deco
Address: 1250 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10112, United States
Phone: (212) 632-3975
Photo taken on 6 December 2024, 11:46am:
skyscraper photo : Kidfly182, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Down at street level is Radio City Music Hall:
Radio City Music Hall, 1260 Avenue of the Americas
Date built: 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
Location: Rockefeller Center, New York City, USA.
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New York City Architecture
Contemporary New York Buildings
NYC Architecture Designs – chronological list
New York City Architecture Tours by e-architect
New York Skyscraper – one of the most famous:
Empire State Building
photograph : Andrew McRae
MoMA Manhattan Tower : skyscraper building – height cut down by 200 feet in 2009
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Manhattan Architectural Designs
New York City Architecture Designs – architectural selection below:
New York Public Library Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Design: Mecanoo with Beyer Blinder Belle, architects
image courtesy of architects
130 William Skyscraper Building in Manhattan
Design: Adjaye Associates
image : Binyan
Lightstone, one of the largest and most diversified privately held real estate companies in the United States, is developing 130 William, a new luxury high-rise tower located in lower Manhattan.
Rockefeller Guest House, 242 East 52nd Street
Dates built: 1949-50
Design: Philip Johnson with Landis Gore and Frederick C. Genz, Architects
Comments / photos for the Rockefeller Center New York City architecture design by Architect Raymond Hood, NY, USA, page welcome.
Rockefeller Center Website: www.rockefellercenter.com