LEGO Rockefeller Center Instructions Manual

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Page 1 Rockefeller Center ® New York City, New York, USA Building instructions are available on: Die Bauanleitung ﬁ nden Sie auf: Vous pourrez trouver des instructions de montage sur : Encontrarás las instrucciones de construcción en: Encontrar instruções de construção em: Architecture.LEGO.com...
Page 2 ﬁ nancier of a vast 14-building real estate complex in of the prominent Rockefeller family. He was the sole son the geographical center of Manhattan, Rockefeller Center. among the ﬁ ve children of businessman and Standard He probably gave more attention to the development of Oil industrialist John D.
Page 3 More than 75,000 people worked on the construction of the Center during those Depression years. The name “Rockefeller Center” was ﬁ rst suggested for the complex in 1931 by Ivy Lee, public relations pioneer and prominent adviser to the family. Junior initially did not...
Page 4 Indiana limestone, simple geometric forms, the site a center of activity so attractive to passers-by that The ﬁ nal design of Rockefeller Center was unveiled to the press on March 5, 1931. During the preliminary design phase in 1931, Hood experimented with many ideas (Image: Wired New York) for the facade of the RCA Building.
Page 5 an oﬃ cial “Sidewalk Superintendents’ Club” was established, complete with membership cards providing access to a viewing platform. The principal builder and “managing agent” for the massive project was John R. Todd and the principal architect was Raymond M. Hood, who worked with and directed a team from three diﬀ...
Page 6 Rockefeller Center Rockefeller Center is a complex of 19 commercial decorative arts such as architecture, interior design and buildings covering 22 acres (89,000 m ) between 48th industrial design, as well as the visual arts such as fashion, and 51st streets in New York City. Built by the Rockefeller painting, the graphic arts and ﬁ...
Page 7 Building, all in New York City, are some of the largest and best-known examples of the style. The centerpiece of Rockefeller Plaza is the 70-ﬂ oor, 872-foot (266 m) GE Building at 30 Rockefeller Center (“30 Rock”)—formerly known as the RCA Building—centered Rockefeller Center 1933. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
Page 8 1933 to create a masterwork to adorn the central axis, 1930s, the GE Building was constructed as a slab with a below the famed annual Rockefeller Center Christmas ﬂ at roof. The Center’s newly-renovated “Top of the Rock” Tree, but all the other original plans to ﬁ ll the space were observation deck, dating originally from 1933, is located abandoned over time.
Page 9 It was demolished in 1954, the 6,000 people and after an initial slow start became the only building in the original Rockefeller Center complex to have been torn down. The Center Theatre was originally called the RKO Roxy Theatre and opened on December 29, 1932.
Page 10 Titan Prometheus recumbent, bringing ﬁ re to mankind”, depicting the Greek legend, features prominently in the sunken plaza at the front of 30 Rockefeller Center. A large number of other artists contributed work at the Center, including Isamu Noguchi, whose gleaming stainless steel bas-relief “News”, placed...
Page 11 Date: ........From 1930 to 1939 ( the original 14 buildings) Footprint: ......19 commercial buildings covering 22 acres (89,000 m Height: ....... 872 ft. (266 m.) (GE Building) Stories: ......70 (GE Building) Rockefeller Center. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
Page 19 The tradition of the christmas tree began during the Depression- era construction of Rockefeller Center, when workers decorated a small balsam ﬁ r tree with strings of cranberries, garlands of paper, and even a few tin cans on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1931.
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Page 31 Indiana Limestone is a freestone, which means that it exhibits no preferential direction of splitting and can, therefore, be cut and carved in an almost limitless variety of shapes and sizes. This property allows the stone to be planed, turned on a lathe, sawed and hand- worked to match the requirements of the most demanding architectural designs.
Page 45 John D. Rockefeller’s vision for his center never wavered. Rockefeller Center and the observation deck were his gifts to Manhattan —a place for locals and visitors to marvel at the city he loved.
Page 55 1936: The skating rink opens just in time for Christmas. 1937: A “sports garden” is created on the roof of the Radio City Music Hall for the use of the Rockettes, the orchestra and other staﬀ members. Rockefeller Center was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1989. (Wikimedia Commons)
Page 56: A Word From The Artist
However, I quickly discovered the the entire design concept came to be. From there laying out LEGO brick was lending itself as naturally to my applications the streets and buildings quickly took shape deﬁ ning the as paint to a painter or metal to a blacksmith.
Page 57 Kunststichting arranging a small event the previous year where ten local architects were let loose on a large number of LEGO bricks. Such was the success of this ﬁ rst initiative that the Pompidou Centre decided to expand the idea to include 30 young aspiring architects from across Europe—their goal: to each draw an imaginary...
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Page 59 References Text credits: www.rockefellercenter.com www.u-s-history.com www.rockarch.org www.wikipedia.org Photo credits pages 19, 31 and 45: Rockefeller Center Customer Service Kundenservice Service Consommateurs Servicio Al Consumidor www.lego.com/service or dial 00800 5346 5555 : 1-800-422-5346 :...

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