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Man and Woman at the Rockefeller Center Roof Studio, New York City

Man and Woman at the Rockefeller Center Roof Studio, New York City
A people on rooftops photo for the Vintage Photos Theme Park.

A souvenir "Rockefeller Center Roof Studio" photo, taken 850 feet and 70 stories above street level in New York City, probably sometime in the 1940s. The Empire State Building is the tall skyscraper visible behind the man, and 500 Fifth Avenue is the one on the left.

Today, this is the south view from what is now the "Top of the Rock" observation deck on the roof of the GE Building (formerly the RCA Building and soon to be renamed the Comcast Building). Also called "30 Rock" because its address is 30 Rockefeller Plaza, the building's nickname was the inspiration for the name of Tina Fey's popular 30 Rock sitcom, which aired from 2006 to 2013.

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 RicksPics
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Extra credit for exquisite detail!
10 years ago.
Alan Mays club has replied to RicksPics club
Thanks! For an amazing shot of this same view, check out A painting of pastel colors - New York from the Rock at Sunset on Flickr. Not only is it a great photo, but many of the buildings visible in the skyline are identified by notes that you can see by mousing over the image. After spending quite some time trying to determine the name of what turned out to be the 500 Fifth Avenue building, that photo was the only source that I could find that conclusively identified it from a similar vantage point.
10 years ago. Edited 10 years ago.

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