Lego rockefeller center - 21007 User Guide
Building Rockefeller Center
Construction of the 14 buildings in the Art Deco style
(without the originally proposed opera house) began on
May 17, 1930 and was completed on November 1, 1939,
when John D. Rockefeller, Jr. drove the fi nal (silver) rivet
into 10 Rockefeller Center.
(without the originally proposed opera house) began on
May 17, 1930 and was completed on November 1, 1939,
when John D. Rockefeller, Jr. drove the fi nal (silver) rivet
into 10 Rockefeller Center.
Built between 1932 and 1940, the original
buildings have a similar architectural vocabulary that
features gray Indiana limestone, simple geometric forms,
features gray Indiana limestone, simple geometric forms,
and bold facades with little decoration except for vertical
lines used to emphasize the height of the buildings. The
central focus of the project is the former RCA building, a
tower rising 70 stories above the Channel Gardens, which
serve as a monumental passage to the building from Fifth
serve as a monumental passage to the building from Fifth
Avenue.
Seventy-fi ve thousand construction workers made
Seventy-fi ve thousand construction workers made
the site a center of activity so attractive to passers-by that
The fi nal design of Rockefeller Center was unveiled to the press on March 5, 1931.
(Image: Wired New York)
(Image: Wired New York)
During the preliminary design phase in 1931, Hood experimented with many ideas
for the facade of the RCA Building. (Image: Wired New York)
for the facade of the RCA Building. (Image: Wired New York)
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