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ROCKEFELLER CENTER

Anna Bearzotti Sara Cusmà Piccione Francesca Medeossi Natalia Janscak. ROCKEFELLER CENTER. Rockefeller center. Location : in the centre of Midtown, Manhattan, New York City (30 Rockefeller Plaza, bet W50 and W51. West 48 th to 51 st Streets between 5 th and 6 th Avenues )

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ROCKEFELLER CENTER

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  1. Anna Bearzotti Sara Cusmà Piccione Francesca Medeossi Natalia Janscak ROCKEFELLER CENTER

  2. Rockefeller center • Location: in the centre of Midtown, Manhattan, New York City (30 Rockefeller Plaza, bet W50 and W51. West 48th to 51st Streets between 5th and 6th Avenues ) • Architects: Raymond Hood ( with Wallace K. Harrison, Harvey W. Corbett, Fouilhoux, Reinhard, Hofmeister, • and MacMurray) • Commission: John D. Rockefeller • Built: 1931-1940 • Centerpiece: 30 Rockefeller Plaza, • its tallest structure

  3. Raymond Hood(1881-1934) • Studies: Brown University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris • His first major commission, the Chicago Tribune Tower (1922) has a Gothic Style. • Then, he takes distances from the Gothic. • 1930: Mc Graw Hill Building

  4. Notes • Construction: from 1931 to 1940 • Construction of 10 different units: the last (the National Cash Register Company's offices) was completed in 1940 • An international symbol of modernist architectural style: the only major private construction project underway in New York during the Depression • A city within a city: all in a single complex (public and private activities) • Pedestrian-friendly: it hosts a sunken garden and the Channel Gardens • Latest technical refinements: elevators, air conditioning • RKO motion picture theater: the first building completed, it opened in 1932 • 1987: it was declared a National Historic Landmark • Now there are 21 buildings

  5. The original Rockefeller Center buildings are: • 1 Rockefeller Plaza (formerly the Time and Life Building) • 10 Rockefeller Plaza (formerly the Eastern Airlines Building) • 1270 Avenue of the Americas Building (formerly the RKO Building) • The Associated Press Building • The British Empire Building • Channel Gardens (between the British Empire Building and La Maison Francaise.) • The International Building • La Maison Francaise • Palazzo d'Italia • The Simon & Schuster Building (formerly the U.S. Rubber Company Building)

  6. John D. Rockefeller • 1928: he leases the area from Columbia University; the area had lost much of its appeal by the 1920s • Original plan: a commercial and civic center with 3 office towers and an opera house, around a plaza • The Opera withdrew from the project: Rockefeller Center was transformed into a massive speculative commercial and entertainment development, first called Radio City • 1931: final scheme • Beaux-Arts design, Art Deco Architecture • The project accommodated both business and leisure activities

  7. Murals: Sert and Brangwyn; also Rivera who made a scandal

  8. Rockefeller Plaza • Prometheus

  9. Channel Gardens • probably the city's finest public space • animated fountainheads, surrounded by benches and lush landscaping

  10. GE Building • The highlight of the complex • 850 feet tall

  11. Radio City Music Hall • one of two theaters originally built • Designer: Donald Deskey

  12. International Building

  13. Maison Française 0 The Friendship of France and the United States

  14. British Empire Building

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