Rockefeller Center: Photos 21 to 34

This area is probably familiar to most of us--we've maybe walked through the Center on a visit (it's centrally located and near both Times Square and St. Patrick's Cathedral), watched the New York City Christmas Tree being lit on a news program, seen the ice skating rink on post cards, can recognize the gold-colored sculpture of a man behind the rink, or know the shape of the building beyond (known commonly as either the GE Building or the RCA Building) from Saturday Night Live or the David Letterman Show. Actually, however, the Center is much larger than that, and consists of 19 commercial buildings spread over a 22 acre site between 5th and 7th Avenues from 48th to 51st Streets. Columbia University originally owned the land upon which it is built, but leased it to John D. Rockefeller, Jr. in 1928 (Columbia sold the land in 1985 to the Rockefeller Group for $400,000,000). Since 1989 the Center has changed hands several times. For a more in-depth history, I suggest you check Wikipedi(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockefeller_Center).

There are significant art works throughout the complex, both inside and out. The two best known sculptures are probably that of Atlas on 5th Avenue by

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