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Rockefeller Landmark plaque.

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DESIGNATED LANDMARK
NEW YORK CITY

ROCKEFELLER CENTER

ROCKEFELLER CENTER IS ONE OF THE FOREMOST ARCHITECTURAL
PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN IN AMERICA IN TERMS OF SCOPE, URBAN
PLANNING AND INTEGRATION OF ARCHITECTURE, ART AND LANDSCAPING
IT WAS DEVELOPED BY JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, JR. THE CENTER'S
ORIGINAL ARCHITECTS WERE: REINHARD & HOERMEISTER; HOOD, GODLEY
& FOUILHOUX; AND CORBETT, HARRISON & MacMURRAY. THE ORIGINAL
COMPLEX OF FOURTEEN BUILDINGS WAS CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN 1931
AND 1939, AND PROVIDED JOBS FOR THOUSANDS OF LABORERS IN THE
BUILDING INDUSTRIES THROUGHOUT THE DEPRESSION.

NEW YORK LANDMARKS PRESERVATION FOUNDATION
1989

TIFFANY & CO.

Author: w:User:Sam Weber

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current05:54, 13 November 2010Thumbnail for version as of 05:54, 13 November 20102,207 × 1,841 (2.12 MB)Aavindraaperspective, exposure
22:10, 8 October 2006Thumbnail for version as of 22:10, 8 October 20062,048 × 1,536 (1.19 MB)Sam WeberRockefeller Landmark plaque. Author: User:Sam Weber

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