Radio City Music Hall
Appearance
"The Showplace of the Nation" | |
Radio City Music Hall in 2021 | |
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| Location | 1260 Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue) Manhattan, New York |
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| Coordinates | 40°45′35″N 73°58′45″W / 40.75972°N 73.97917°W |
| Owner | Tishman Speyer Properties[1] |
| Operator | Madison Square Garden Entertainment |
| Type | Concert hall, entertainment venue |
| Seating type | Raked |
| Capacity | 5,960 |
| Opened | December 27, 1932 |
Radio City Music Hall | |
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| Area | 2 acres (0.8 ha) |
| Architect | Edward Durell Stone Donald Deskey |
| Architectural style | Art Deco |
| Part of | Rockefeller Center (ID87002591[2]) |
| NRHP reference No. | 78001880[3] |
| NYSRHP No. | 06101.000460 |
| NYCL No. | 0995 (interior) 1446 (exterior) |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | May 8, 1978 |
| Designated NHLDCP | December 23, 1987 |
| Designated NYSRHP | June 23, 1980 (individual designation of Radio City Music Hall) December 23, 1987 (joint designation as part of Rockefeller Center)[4] |
| Designated NYCL | March 28, 1978 (interior)[5] April 23, 1985 (exterior)[6] |
Radio City Music Hall (also known as Radio City)[7] is an entertainment venue and theater at 1260 Avenue of the Americas. It is in the Rockefeller Center, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. It is nicknamed "The Showplace of the Nation". It is the headquarters for the Rockettes. Radio City Music Hall was designed by Edward Durell Stone and Donald Deskey in the Art Deco style.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Rockefeller Center". Tishman Speyer Properties. Archived from the original on November 16, 2010. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
- ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2013. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
- ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2013. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
- ↑ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. November 7, 2014. Archived from the original on April 4, 2019. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
- ↑ Landmarks Preservation Commission 1978.
- ↑ Adams 1985.
- ↑ Fuchs, Andreas (2004). Cinema Treasures A New Look at Classic Movie Theaters. MBI. p. 71. ISBN 978-0-7603-1492-0.
