Empire State
To the south.
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An observation deck on top of 30 Rockefeller Plaza, the centrepiece of Rockefeller Center: a 66-storey Art Deco skyscraper 260 metres tall, designed by the architect Raymond Hood and completed in 1933. Rockefeller Center is a complex of 19 commercial buildings covering about nine hectares between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, with a famous sunken plaza that becomes an ice rink in winter, ringed by flags and shops. The deck's great strength is that one view takes in the whole Empire State Building to the south and the green sweep of Central Park to the north, with Manhattan's towers around them, from three levels of open and enclosed terraces. Adult tickets run from about $47 to $60 depending on the time, per visitor guides, with timed entry. Come just before sunset to see the city in daylight and then lit up; in winter the plaza fills around the ice rink.
To the south.
To the north.
In winter.
30 Rockefeller Plaza, Manhattan
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