newyork

New York City is "the city that never sleeps.". During the early part of the 20th Century, New York City was the premier place for Modern Architecture and the host for the 1939 World's Fair where visitors got a glimpse of the World of Tomorrow! Let's look around ...

The Chrysler Building: Built in 1927 and symbolizing the Art Deco, go-go 20s, the Chrysler Building has 77 stories and stands 1,46 feet high. It was the second highest building in the world. The spire was made of non-rusting Nirosta metal and is a 185 foot multi-arched dome shaped to a needle point finial.

Rockefeller Center: A three block center featuring the world-famous Prometheus Statue, the 70-story RCA building and RKO Center. The RCA Building has 74 elevators and can you guess how many bricks were used? 11,210,00. That's a lot of bricks. Located in the Plaza of Rockefeller Center is the Prometheus Statue in the Sunken gardens, designed by Paul Manship.

Empire State Building and Midtown New York City: At the left the Empire State Building, the tallest building in the world until the 1970s. At the right is the Chrysler Building; the Chanin and Lincoln Buildings are among the other skyscrapers.

Radio City Music Hall: The world's largest theatre, looking west, showing the many windowed dresing rooms of the artists, The Music Hall's own broadcastng studio set atop the threatre, and the RKO building above. Inside, the Radio City Music Hall is the world's largest theatre. Part of a capacity audience of 6,200 persons is shown watching spectacular stage that is a weekly feature at Rockefeller Center playhouse

Times Squre: Known throughout the world as "The Great White Way," is the magnet and high spot of New York. Here millions of people seek entertainment in the many theatres, night clubs & restaurants. Wrigley's Spearmint Gum electric spectacular sign, left, is the largest of its kind in the world & extends a full block from 44th to 45th Street on the east side of Broadway. It towers ten stories high and represents a million dollar investment. The electrical current required for this colossal animated display would serve a city of 10,000. It contains 1,084 feet of neon tubing, almost 70 miles of insulated wire and 29,508 lamp recepticles.

Pennsylvania Station: Covering the entire area from 7th to 8th Avenues and 31st to 33rd Streets, it is connected with New Jersey by twin tunnels under the Hudson River. The main concourse extends the entire width of teh Station and is located directly over the tracks on which the trains arrive & depart.