Talk:Rockefeller Center
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[edit] Views from Top of the Rock
I found this edit summary in the history: (removed largely irrelevant pic; ssview from top of GE Building not really informative here; image found in that topic's article). The image in question was the top one. Just now the second one was added. Are views from the top really largely irrelevant? Or is the problem that this page might become a gallery (WP:NOT)? --Dschwen 07:24, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Vandalism
Someone vandalised the page and that exact same person removed it. Frankyboy5 04:21, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Wikisistency
Height/Number of floors in the building:
List of tallest buildings in New York City
[edit] plaque
It would be good if there was a photo of the "I believe in the supreme worth of the individual" plaque. [1] --Astrokey44 09:07, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] largest of its kind?
According to the article, "[Rockefeller Center] is the largest privately held complex of its kind in the world". What exactly is "its kind"? TerraFrost 21:08, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Closing of Private Street
In Rockefeller Center, a private street called Rockefeller Plaza is situated between the RCA Building and the sunken skating rink. In order to preserve Rockefeller Center's right of ownership of the street, each year the street is closed to all traffic, even pedestrian, for one day - a Sunday in July is usually chosen as interfering least with tenants and visitors. It is believed by lawyers for Rockefeller Center that this formality is necessary to prevent the public from acquiring a permanent right of way in the street.
Cite - Dukeminier & Krier, Property (4th Ed. 1998) p. 814, fn. 14.
--DCDukie 18:45, 29 May 2007 (UTC)DCDukie
[edit] Hurley's Saloon
Should there be a mention about Hurley's Saloon?
Original plans for Rockefeller Center called for construction on the site of Hurley's Saloon, at the corner of 49th Street and Sixth Avenue. But the Hurley brothers refused to sell their lease. After they rebuffed several lucrative offers, Rockefeller was finally forced to redesign the plans for his 70-story centerpiece, the RCA building (now the GE building), in order to build around the tiny four-story saloon. Impressed by the bar owners' determination to stand up to the powerful financier, journalists from the nearby offices of the Associated Press and NBC began frequenting Hurley's, making it a kind of unofficial newsroom for decades, until the bar relocated to the Theater District in 1999.
And a photo would be super nice~!
WikiDon 19:34, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
