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Today on AD, architect Adam Rolston takes us on an insightful walking tour of Rockefeller Center, exploring the history and details of New York City's most famous holiday season destination. From the history behind the towering art deco 30 Rockefeller Plaza to the iconic ice skating rink and smaller details you may not be aware of, come along as Adam explores and explains everything there is to know about Rockefeller Plaza.
Director: Hiatt Woods
Director of Photography: Eric Brouse
Editor: Tristen Rogers
Talent: Adam Rolston
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Producer: Skylar Economy
Associate Producer: Brandon Fuhr
Production Manager: Melissa Heber
Production Coordinator: Fernando Davila
Audio: Gabe Quiroga
Production Assistant: Francis McNeal
Production Assistant: Patrick Sargent
Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Assistant Editor: Billy Ward
Graphics Supervisor: Ryan Powell
Graphics, Animation, VFX: Fintan Rowan Mason
Special Thanks: Kate Blumm
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@fredzeller2768 Год назад

Love this all too short video. I’ve spent nearly 43 years calling this my workplace. I’ve watched it evolve yet stay very much the same . Enjoying the new concourse downstairs. Proud to work in the place where both radio AND television were created and continue to be a major production facility. To this day I enjoy engaging tourists and showing them the Cert mural on the ceiling in the lobby and how it completely “moves” if you look from the south and then from the northern perspective. It never fails to impress. Thank you again for this post!

@brmnyc Год назад

When I was a child they offered tours of Rockefeller Center, and the tourguide showed us both the southern and northern perspectives and how the mural "moves" as you describe. It is meant to show how time (the figure holding the hourglass) is always moving, slipping away from you.

@raylaskey4900 Год назад

The stage of the music hall represents the sunse4t over the Atlantic? Near trick -- the sun RISES over the Atlantic! It sets over the Pacific.

@briansomething5987 Год назад

@@raylaskey4900 If you're travelling on the Atlantic (which is what he said) the sun sets (and rises) over the Atlantic.

@Dasheens Год назад

Wow !! Thanks for this comment Fred ❤lucky you ,glad you had the blessing for working at this marvelous place 😊

@akadroopy1 Год назад

@@raylaskey4900 some parts of long island will allow you a view of the sun setting over the atlantic

@sophiaisabelle01 Год назад

The Rockefeller Center looks thoroughly amazing. We all hope to see more content like this. Happy Holidays.

@ceooflonelinessinc.267 Год назад

How old are you?

@andrijherasymenko Год назад

Happy holidays to you too!

@leslieseale9761 Год назад

Great presentation. As a NY native Rockefeller Center was a place of grandeur and art. I hadn’t realized the extent of the upper gardens until visiting a friends office years ago As you mentioned the lower level surrounding the ice rink had been restaurants. It appears your firm created a common hall around the rink placing the restaurants off the hall. I always had difficulty finding my way around that concourse level. Will definitely visit. It would have been interesting to see a map of that level as well. Thank you for this great tour and your work on this incredible complex.

@Jiffypop Год назад

I have been to Rockefeller Center countless times and have never really SEEN it. Next time I’m in town, I will be booking a tour of this marvelous creation. Thank you for opening my eyes!

@can72287 Год назад

100 years later still unmatched. I mean no one has been able to match the architectural and planning masterpiece that is the Rockefeller Center complex. The definition of timeless.

@paulsawczyc5019 Год назад

It would cost too much - and maybe it would be considered "racist".

@stefanoc.k.k1159 Год назад

@@paulsawczyc5019 Why racist ?

@paulsawczyc5019 Год назад

@@stefanoc.k.k1159 All those buildings were designed by white guys - so it's "white" architecture.

@stefanoc.k.k1159 Год назад

@@paulsawczyc5019 not all white people are racist.

@paulsawczyc5019 Год назад

@@stefanoc.k.k1159 Yes, you are correct - I would say that very few of them are.

@jayare6804 Год назад

Wonderful tour and architecture. More like this!

@raymondpurwanto6191 Год назад

I really enjoyed the walkthrough!

@sandyrose2398 Год назад

I grew up in NYC/Brooklyn in the 1940s thru 1966 - when I moved to southern Calif. The 2 things I missed the most were Radio City Music Hall and the Roseland Ballroom. My friends or family went to Radio City a few times a year - and always to see the Christmas Show (and it was inexpensive.) I loved dancing at the Roseland - there were 2 great bands - one American and the other Latin. On 2 sides of the dance floor (which was huge) were movie-style seating. Also just a few dollars to go in. In 1964 I took a friend there and she met her husband - and many other couples met there. Thanks for the Memory!!!!

@iafayaz Год назад

So wonderfully explained! Fosters a renewed appreciation of the space that is The Rockefeller Center.

@UganWopla Год назад

They should also do Chrysler building

@LMays-cu2hp Год назад

Thank you for sharing this beautiful building there in New York.. Merry Christmas to you and Happy New Years.

@mysigt_ Год назад

Fantastic! Finally something a return to something that isn’t “I’m a celebrity, look at my conspicuous wealth, but I’m also relatable”

@PeterEconomy Год назад

Wow! Gonna take a MUCH closer look next I’m there! Great architect, great video!

@silviathomas3224 Год назад

I have always wanted to visit New York and did in 2012. However, this video has opened up so many more places and features that I missed on my first visit. An enthralling insight. Thanks from country Australia.

@DennisDegan Год назад

This was fantastic! But it was too brief; I wanted to see more of this historic place, especially since there is so much more to see! For 15 years, I worked in 30 Rock at NBC and loved the experience of Rockefeller Center.

@jengirl2 Год назад

The 30 Rock Lobby…gorgeous!! And all of the art around the area…fantastic. I need to visit. Great tour!

@choley8953 Год назад

Yay!! I’ve been waiting to see if AD will do another “every detail” video but this scratches the itch!

@TheNoerdy Год назад

This is an awesome video. Please do more NYC architecture!

@bngr_bngr Год назад

Loved living as a child in NYC but my parents moved to warmer weather in California. I’ve visited the city several times as an adult. Maybe it’s a reason why I love the varies Law & Order series. It’s takes me back to all the possibilities of the big city.

@janicerivera5570 Год назад

This is a fantastic tour!

@JoseMorales-lw5nt Год назад

Not so obvious at first glance, but John D. Rockefeller, Jr. actually created the country's first shopping mall via Rockefeller Center! Prior to this, folks had to shop at their nearest grocery store. Here, you had a whole array of dry goods and hardware being sold within a 5 block radius!

@architecturecodex9818 Год назад

Most modernist architects would want to control all the aesthetics. I applaud the way the architects created spaces and surfaces for art done by others.

@sherriianiro747 Год назад

From an outsider point of view I am blown away by the complex layering of these buildings! I am in the field but never knew of Rockefellers contribution to the attention to detail and how everything melds so smoothly. Got your magazine for years in retail - excellent job, now I want to go there too!

@melanierosalez6989 Год назад

AD: I'm really enjoying this series! Thanks!

@presspound7358 Год назад

When wealth intersects knowledge, culture and achievement….the resulting product is classical and enduring. Behold a worthy icon of the American Century. Thanks for this condensed whirlwind tour. 🥇🏆 🇨🇦

@adrianalara8464 Год назад

I need a 1 hour long video of this

@DRFelGood Год назад

Fabulous architecture ❤ thank you for the tour 🎄👏👏👏

@felipeiglesias Год назад

By far one of the most interesting buildings in NYC. Radio Music Hall is a fantastic example of Art Deco and all the sculptures around the building are super well done. A very solid piece of architecture and art.

@djlondon7956 Год назад

Absolutely great! I know I'm going to watch this several times over there's so much beauty to see. Wonderful synopsis.

@myvettebeauty Год назад

I used to work there. My first job after moving to nyc for an internship. I was working at EBONY magazine and it just felt like magic at fist working there. Like the epitome of NYC, esp for a girl like me from Maryland. I don’t ever want to work in Manhattan again lol, but I do miss those days. Such memories.

@vsmochent Год назад

So many films shooting at Rockefeller center ice rink! So amazing! 🥰

@BGPhilbin Год назад

Really enjoyed this video - nicely done, but way too short. Adam did a masterful job of narrating and explaining most everything we see in the video. Great commentary on the Art Deco aspects of not only the entire site, but particularly the Lower Level Concourse - I appreciate the detail that was put into its renovation, as I absolutely adore Art Deco as a style. My mother's side of the family owned a few Louis Icart hand colored etchings that really spoke to the movement and every time I see an architectural piece that incorporates it, it simply fills me with wonder. My favorite building in Manhattan has always been the Chrysler building (the Flatiron is also a heavy favorite). However, I had not really toured Rockefeller Center when I visited Manhattan in my youth. Adam's tour educated me to understand that this huge center certainly deserves a place right next to the Chrysler. Thank you.

@shannono8397 Год назад

This was such a great video, I'm so pleased it came across to watch!! Thank you for such a nice tour, with architecture details....I am so sad I missed this on my 1 visit to NYC. However, glad now...because when I return I will know all about it. I am floored at the art and sculptures, WOW!!!!

@carolinejohnson22 Год назад

The buildings are works of art ♥️🇬🇧

@theophaneantipater6333 Год назад

Nice presentation of the Rockfeller building ! Love the piano music. The past is often a good inspiration for the futur ...

@WitchKing-Of-Angmar Год назад

The past is the inspiration for the future, modern day sucks at doing their own thing..they just copy ideas from the past, take their hard work blueprints, and present it as their own idea to upstage them for no reason but past spite.

@cirrus070 Год назад

I Love You NYC never change.

@irenewoosey4931 Год назад

Fab....my Favourite Building in NYC.... need to come visit again so much insight in this video...Thanks 😊

@robertbl7500 Год назад

Hi 👋 Thank you so much Adam!! Wonderful information!! ✌️

@RandomnessTube. Год назад

The quality in that building is amazing and built to last.

@tawhalerobertson1015 Год назад

Thank you to you and your entire team for an interesting and informative tour of a beautiful place, I feel like I have been there in person, thank you so much again, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year...🎄

@whotomkenna Год назад

Can’t get over how nice this dudes coat is

@GlitterSparkly Год назад

Thank you for this! Absolutely fascinating.

@yukie_tn Год назад

Oh, so you guys are the ones doing all the renovation in the concourse. I've worked in these buildings for 10+ years now and knew my way around all the "secret" passages and hidden entrances. Coming back from the pandemic, the concourse really changed with areas closed off and I had to learn some of the area again.

@alexliberti9679 Год назад

The architect forgot to mention that the original paintings in the lobby of 30 rock were painted by Diego Rivera. It was taken down by one of the Rockefeller’s because the paintings had people like Karl Marx and Lenin which was supposed to symbolize the working class

@alexk8599 2 месяца назад

Learned that on my free walking tour in Mexico City. Really interesting

@alexliberti9679 2 месяца назад

@@alexk8599 oh cool

@evan_delmar Год назад

Honestly, at the end of this video not to be dramatic 😏, but it brought me bit to tears because I was filled with such gratitude and new love for the arts and aesthetic + traditions. During the pandemic I watched your videos because they were a bit of my only source to the outside, it was sort of like reading a book. Something I was very much in need of so thank you for providing such a wonderful space and a very educational space.

@natalieeis9284 Год назад

I really enjoyed this tour. Fascinating. I wish I could see it in person, but that most likely will never happen.

@plumeretbonnet Год назад

Great Tour, thank you.

@echognomecal6742 9 месяцев назад

9:47 That rivet is really something! What a curiosity! Is there arrogance there? What was the thinking? Idk, but it seems pretty unique to me. If I get the chance, I'd actually like to take a peep at it lol Hopefully I'll some day have enough time in NYC to go look around at some of these things I missed when living in the boroughs. If you know you're going to move, do some research & ask around: What should I see & do before I go? Too often, you don't get a 2nd chance!

@ultraali453 3 месяца назад

Excellent commentary and presentation!

@carlomoiola8544 Год назад

Very interesting ! Congratulations! Thanks from Italy

@matveistanonis2805 Год назад

An excellent presentation- I’m not sure if Prometheus is the most photographed sculpture in NYC though… another Lady comes to mind!

@brickitect420 Год назад

Trixie and Katya performed their show at the radio city music hall during their tour earlier this year, and they sold. her. out. Packed! Proud of them, they earned it. They performed in a building that in it of itself is as much of a work of art as their stupid youtube show lol

@kellyheighway5411 Год назад

From the UK I've watched many movies & TV shows based in new york & from this documentary, I notice from your camera view with the tree very much like tim burton's movie of the 1992's batman return with the city xmas tree lights, also in home alone 2 they shot the scene when Catherine O'Hara finds Kevin where you were standing, so I think home alone 2 on the sight where you are has made the area more popular for visitors.

@elinorwright7044 Год назад

Enjoyed the tour. Been there but this was great!

@drakewauters2109 Год назад

Was in the lower level in April. Very thoughtful and graceful.

@janetlewis8038 Год назад

This was great!

@robertdufour2456 Год назад

Amazing! Thank you very much!

@poitor9217 2 месяца назад

That was absolutely fascinating☝🏼really luv to get there one day✅

@luis_zuniga Год назад

Fantastic video, I learned so much :)

@philipburton9518 Год назад

Gorgeous video, but "sunset over the Atlantic?" Never have seen that. Wonderful, consice narration.

@tomrice6128 Год назад

Renovation of the Concouse area around the rink is great, except, why the unfinished ceilings. Raymond Hood probably won't like that.

@StereoMike06 Год назад

I noticed that in person just a few days ago when visiting. It would not have been the style back then to leave it exposed!! Nor should it be now in a classic building of such grandeur and presence.

@lacharpie Год назад

Wonderful video. I loved it

@antonomaseapophasis5142 Год назад

Noguchi sculpture a huge surprise, compare to works found in LIC museum. Edward Durrell Stone also a surprise and contrast to later work.

@blackcatplaypompeii529 Год назад

Beyond superb

@elenpassos5944 Год назад

AMAZING. 👑

@mickanvonfootscraymarket5520 Год назад

always my go to building for a bathroom break when I'm in Manhattan

@wytube2009 Год назад

thank you

@JMailyn Год назад

So interesting! Thankyou!❤

@dougm2174 5 месяцев назад

great vid. thanks

@pyrodoll2422 Год назад

Thank you so much.

@samueljaramillo4221 Год назад

Great video of these great buildings.

@leandrodiaz4514 Год назад

Please explore the university city of Caracas. Declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, it is one of the best examples of the integration of the arts into architecture.

@johnlinnemeier9624 Год назад

It's interesting that you mentioned that the Radio City Music Hall sign was controversial, since now I realize that its garishness always turned me away from exploring this iconic American building complex. As a result of this marvelous video, I'll set aside some time if I'm in NYC again to walk through and explore this architectural masterpiece. Thanks so much!

@09_jp_ Год назад

Please do one focusing on all the masonic symbolism. Starting with the fact it was built in 1933. Thanks so much in advance

@yusufnothingcanbedonewithp9775 Год назад

Whatever America do always do.big in every field amazing

@joepphoto Год назад

This was amazing.

@eily_b Год назад

Not being from New York and not familiar with all these places I just wish the clips of the past and present etc would just stay a little longer to have time to watch them.

@rucktimi8318 Год назад

Good planning

@AllStars2525 Год назад

Fabulous video!

@justayoutuber1906 Год назад

"Its all about the waterproofing" lol

@JuanSebastianTorresFigueroa Год назад

nice tour ;)

@welcome_Moscow_walks Год назад

It was interesting 😊

@Stoy-boy Год назад

I just had an art decorgasm 😍

@RafLovesMary Год назад

pretty neat

@cinemaocd1752 Год назад

Re: waterproofing green roofs...The Passage Grave at New Grange in Ireland is a 5,000 y.o. building that has never leaked and it has had turf on top the entire time. It can be done!

@smelo772 Год назад

Thank you!

@MrNathancast Год назад

Damn he got the velcros

@starkparker16 Год назад

Great video

@stefansauvageonwhat-a-twis1369 Год назад

0nly learned about it from the Hawkeye tv show lol

@mitzipigna Год назад

Gracias

@markalbert9390 Год назад

Missed the Rainbow Room.

@briangriffin4937 Год назад

Isamu Noguchi created the “News” sculpture to grace the entrance of The Associated Press building. In 2004 Bank of America became the primary tenant.

@pleka Год назад

Pretty sure the Statue of Liberty is more photographed than Prometheus.

@delftblue Год назад

Lovely video! Could have went a bit longer, the end felt rushed.

@Sourpusscandy Год назад

Where’s the restroom?

@customnyctours Год назад

Two sets on the lower concourse level.

@tomrice6128 Год назад

The photo of Abby Rockefeller is wrong. That is not JD Rockefeller, Jr. wife. It is is daughter. Radio City Music Hall was not the first building. The RKO Building (1270 Avenue of the Americas) was the first building.