
THE MODERN AGE 1900–1950II
STYLE AND THE MASS MARKET 1924–19473
ROCKEFELLER CENTER AND
RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL
RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL
New York, New York, USA
Edward Durrell Stone (1902–1978); Donald Deskey
(1894–1989), Architects
Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA; Blue Earth, Minnesota, USA
1932
Rockefeller Center is a 12-acre (4.8 ha) building
complex in midtown Manhattan developed by
American philanthropist John D. Rockefeller,
Jr. (1874–1960) between 1929 and 1940. The
original master plan, designed by American ar-
chitect Raymond Hood (1881–1934), was com-
posed of fourteen limestone-clad, aluminum-
trimmed, monolithic massed buildings designed
in the art deco ...