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Top Of The Rock - New York City (USA)

Top Of The Rock 28/04/2015 18h34

Of course everybody wants to go the top of the Empire State Building or since the opening of the observation deck in May 2015 also the One World Trade Center. But the best view towards these two landmarks is on the roof top of the Rockefeller Center, GE Buidling. Nothing can't top the rock.

Empire State building almost in line with the One World Trade Center. And when looking good, you can see our fellow viewers on the Empire State Building as well, they are a bit higher in the sky.

 

Observation Deck | Top Of The Rock

The observation deck atop the skyscraper, dubbed "Top of the Rock", reopened to the public on November 1, 2005, after undergoing a $75 million renovation. It had been closed since 1986 to accommodate the renovation of the Rainbow Room. The deck, which is built to resemble the deck of an ocean liner, offers sightseers a bird's eye view of the city, competing with the 86th floor observatory of the Empire State Building. It is often considered the best panoramic city view, if only because it offers a view of the aforementioned Empire State Building, which cannot be seen from its own observation deck.[20] The timed entry system and larger observation deck also results in shorter waiting times compared to the Empire State.

[ Source: Wikipedia - GE Building ]

 

Empire State Building

The Empire State Building is a 102-story skyscraper located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on Fifth Avenue between West 33rd and 34th Streets. It has a roof height of 380 m, and with its antenna spire included, it stands a total of 443 m high. Tallest in the world from 1931 to 1970. Its name is derived from the nickname for New York, the Empire State. Following the September 11 attacks in 2001, the Empire State Building was again the tallest building in New York (although it was no longer the tallest in the US or the world), until One World Trade Center reached a greater height on April 30, 2012. he Empire State Building is currently the fourth-tallest completed skyscraper in the United States (after the One World Trade Center, the Willis Tower and Trump International Hotel and Tower, both in Chicago), and the 25th-tallest in the world (the tallest now is Burj Khalifa, located in Dubai). It is also the fifth-tallest freestanding structure in the Americas.

[ Source & more Info: Wikipedia - Empire State Building ]

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