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Rockefeller Center, New York, 1939. "Radio City buildings -- RCA." The skyscraper known as 30 Rock. Gelatin silver print by Irving Underhill. View full size.
Where this was taken from? I'm guessing the Waldorf Astoria?
Accidentally dubbed by some tongue-tied radio announcer years ago.
I can see right into Liz Lemon's office!
Rockefeller Center is a classic example of modern architecture in a big city done right. From the design, the structure, the functionality and the beauty, every thing works. Three quarters of a century after it was finished, it is still a marvel. Few if any buildings that have gone up in Manhattan in the last two decades have any real architectural integrity. More recently a drastic change in zoning rules has allowed for the construction of a multitude of spindly luxury skyscrapers that are an atrocity and are destroying the skyline of New York City.
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