Landmarks - Rockefeller Centre

ROCKEFELLER CENTER DOWNTOWN NEW YORK IS HOME TO ONE OF THE CITY S MOST RECOGNISABLE ICONS; THE ROCKEFELLER CENTER. IT S INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR IS A TROVE OF ART DECO TREASURES AND A LIVING REMINDER OF AN ARCHITECTURAL ERA THAT WAS BOTH BRAVE AND BOLD. CONSTRUCTION ON THE ROCK , NAMED AFTER JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER JR, BEGAN IN MAY 1930. ITS NEARBY COUSINS, THE EMPIRE STATE AND CHRYSLER BUILDINGS WERE ALL UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT THE SAME TIME.