British Empire Building, 620 Fifth Avenue, Rockefeller Center, New York: the entrance with bas relief of Hermes representing commerce by Lee Lawrie
Architect/Designer | Corbett Harrison & MacMurray |
| Lawrie, Lee (1877-1963) |
| Raymond Hood, Godley & Fouilhoux |
| Reinhard & Hofmeister |
Artist/Photographer | Benton, Charlotte |
Country | United States |
City | New York |
Subject Date | 1930 |
Image Date | 2001 |
View | Exterior |
Style | Art Deco |
Medium | 35mm Transparency |
Library Reference | Benton 01-33-08 |
Orientation | Portrait |
Colour Info | Colour |
Credit | Charlotte Benton / RIBA Collections |
Subject | Commercial buildings ; Decorative stonework ; Office buildings ; Decorative borders ; Entrances |
NOTES: The Rockefeller Center is a complex of 19 commercial buildings covering 22 acres between 48th and 51st streets in Midtown Manhattan. The original complex of 14 Art Deco style buildings, commissioned by the Rockefeller family and named after John D. Rockefeller Jr., was designed by an association of architects under the leadership of Raymond Hood and was built in 1931-1940. The 70-storey GE Building (known as the RCA building until 1988) forms the centrepiece of the complex and opened in 1933.
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