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Facts
Official Name GE Building
Complex Name Rockefeller Center
Former / Other Names RCA Building
30 Rock
Type building
Status Completed
Country United States
State New York
City New York City
Street Address / Map 30 Rockefeller Plaza
Building Function office
Structural Material steel
Start of Construction 1931
Completion 1933
Global Ranking #169 tallest in the World
Regional Ranking #38 tallest in North America
National Ranking #34 tallest in United States
City Ranking #10 tallest in New York City
Figures
Height: Architectural 259.1 meter / 850 feet
Height: Observatory 253.0 meter / 830 feet
Floors Above Ground 70
# of Elevators 60
Top Elevator Speed 7.1 m/s
Tower GFA 195,095 m² / 2,099,985 ft²
Companies Involved
Developer The Rockefeller Group
Design Architects Raymond Hood;
Reinhard & Hofmeister;
Corbett, Harrison & MacMurray
Structural Engineers Edwards & Hjorth;
H.G. Balcom & Associates
Other Consultants Schindler
News Articles
GE Says Farewell to 30 Rock, Again
The Wall Street Journal, 2013-02
Site Names World's Ten Best Observation Decks
Viator Travel Blog, 2012-08