The Rockefeller Center was built during the Great Depression by John D. Rockefeller Jr. The project provided work for over 40,000 people, some of whom you see in the photo above sitting on a cross beam. The official opening was in May 1933. However, its busy life fully started in the 1940's, when the Sixth Avenue subway opened for business, connected to the Rockefeller Center Concourse. By 1946, the Rockefeller Center was fully rented.
I know that one of the most famous views in the city is from a top floor in the Empire State Building, which used to be the tallest building in New York City, before the Twin Towers were built. After 9/11 it tragically recovered this status, but it is now being rapidly overtaken by the Freedom Tower in Lower Manhattan. However, I prefer the Rockefeller view of Central Park, the Hudson River and even the Empire State.
This magnificent building is not only known by its great view from the top floor but for the fact that it is the studio of NBC television, which has many famous TV programs such as 30 Rock, The Voice and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Nowadays, the Rockefeller consortium also includes Radio City Music Hall, on the corner of 50th and 6th Avenue, where many important figures like Frank Sinatra, Liza Minnelli and Tony Bennett have performed.
The location of this NY must-see is 30 Rockefeller Plaza and the entrance is on 50th Street, between 5th & 6th avenues. The working hours are daily 8am - 12 Midnight (last elevator goes up at 11pm).
If you are coming from the Grand Central this is your best route, passing through 5th avenue with its big and wonderful stores.
I hope you enjoy very much your stay just as much as I did. Also, that you enjoy one of my favorite places in the city.
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