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Passing Industry and Agriculture

Industry and Agriculture (1932)

Figures by C Paul Jennewein (1890-1978) outside One Rockefeller Plaza.

 

The Rockefeller Center was sponsored by, and named after, John D Rockefeller Jr. (1874-1960). The development consists of 14 Art Deco buildings, designed by Raymond Mathewson Hood (1881-1934) and constructed between 1930-39, plus 4 International-Style buildings built in the 1960-70s.

The only project employed 40,000 people, and cost an estimated $250m at the time (this included the acquiring the land and demolishing some existing buildings).

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Uploaded on June 3, 2016
Taken on May 31, 2015