Rockefeller Center (New York, NY) : RCA Building, concierge desk, from the mezzanine, with the wall mural by José Maria Sert.
- Creator:
- Abramovitz, Max, 1908-2004
Harrison, Wallace Kirkman, 1895-1981
Hood, Raymond M., 1881-1934 - Published/Created:
- New York, New York, United States
1931-1940 - Date Depicted:
- 6/1/1994
1950 AD - 2010 AD - Materials:
- sandstone
- Notes:
- Principal architect was Raymond Hood, working with and leading three architectural firms, [ Reinhard & Hormeister; Corbett, Harrison, & MacMurray (1929-1935); Godley & Fouilhoux ], on a team that included a young Wallace Harrison. The firms were known as The Associated Architects. Rockefeller Center was acclaimed as a pioneering concept of commercial, multilevel, superblock planning; its Art Deco skyscrapers, including the RCA Building, are grouped around a sunken plaza. Many are embellished with landscaped terraces. Harrison and Abramovitz were later responsible for the more mundane towers (1959-1974) on the Sixth Avenue side of the complex.
- Topics:
- Architecture -- United States -- 20th century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Art Deco
- Culture:
- American
- Accession Number:
- 1A1-RH-RC-E4
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
office buildings (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- business, commerce and trade; cityscapes; City planning construction buildings; multistory buildings; high-rise buildings; skyscrapers; buildings; office buildings; complexes; mixed-use developments interior; mural Wall mural "American Progress, the Triu
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Base Collection
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
6/1/1994 - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4152
- OID:
- 10091666
- PID:
- digcoll:1867308