30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York

30 Rockefeller Plaza is an American Art Deco skyscraper that forms the centerpiece of Rockefeller Center in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Formerly called the RCA Building from 1933 to 1988, and later the GE Building from 1988 to 2015, It was renamed the Comcast Building on July 1, 2015, following the transfer of ownership to new corporate owner Comcast. Its name is often shortened to 30 Rock. The building is most famous for housing the NBC television network headquarters. At 850 feet (260 m) high, the 70-story building is the 14th tallest in New York City and the 39th tallest in the United States. It stands 400 feet (122 m) shorter than the Empire State Building.

The building underwent a US$170 million floor-by-floor interior renovation in 2014. The renovation included new Comcast signage atop the building; new ground-level signage that reads Comcast Building; and, for the first time, the display of the iconic NBC Peacock logo on the building's exterior.

As the GE Building, October 2005
Former names RCA Building (1933–1988)
GE Building (1988–2015)
Alternative names 30 Rock
General information
Status Complete
Type Offices and television studios (NBC)
Location 30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10112
Coordinates 40°45′32″N73°58′44″WCoordinates: 40°45′32″N 73°58′44″W
Completed 1933
Owner NBCUniversal (floors 1–30 and 50–59)
Tishman Speyer (floors 31–49)
Height
Roof 850 ft (260 m)
Technical details
Floor count 70
Floor area 2,099,985 sq ft (195,095.0 m2)
Lifts/elevators 60
Design and construction
Architect Raymond Hood
Developer Rockefeller Family
Structural engineer Edwards & Hjorth; H.G. Balcom & Associates



30 Rockefeller Center
(GE Building /
Comcast Building)

U.S. Historic district
Contributing property
Area 22 acres (8.8 ha)
Architect Raymond Hood
Architectural style Modern, Art Deco
Part of Rockefeller Center (#87002591)
Significant dates
Added to NRHP December 23, 1987[1]
Designated CP December 23, 1987[2]
References
[3]



在1933年建成，是洛克菲勒中心的一個組成部分。當時主要租戶是1919年由通用電氣成立的美國無線電公司（RCA，Radio Corporation of America)，並因此命名為RCA大樓。這是第一座在大樓中心位置集中安放電梯的建築。通用電氣旗下的NBC當時在此租用空間辦公，而洛克菲勒家族的辦公室則在第56層的5600房間（現今大樓的54層直到56層都是洛克菲勒家族辦公室）。1985年，大樓獲得了正式的地標建築物地位。1988年，也就是通用電氣重新收購RCA後兩年，大樓被改名為GE大樓。

大樓的其他一些別名有「平板」（The Slab）和「洛克30」，後者的英文原名「30 Rock」與NBC出品的喜劇《超級製作人》同名。









正門的裝飾設計取自威廉·布萊克（William Blake）的作品「永在之神」（Ancient of Days）


The Ancient of Days - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ancient_of_Days



The Ancient of Days is a design by William Blake, originally published as the frontispiece to a ... Because of Blake's production process of hand colouring each print, each image has own unique qualities. The following images of The Ancient of ...

30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York

The gleaming, low-lit and highly polished lobby of the RCA Building is an Art Deco masterpiece in its own right. The rest of this 850ft (260m) skyscraper designed by Raymond Hood as the centrepiece of the mountainous and hugely memorable Rockefeller Center is pretty impressive, too. Built in 1933 as the head office of the Radio Corporation of America and now home to NBC television and broadcasting, “30 Rock” is, in part, open to the public who share the walk along this cinematic floor, all black and beige geometry shining ebony and gold under subtle lighting. Here is one of those walks, and one of those Manhattan towers, rushed up in the Great Depression that lifted spirits then as now. (Credit: Alamy)