Top Of The Rock - Rockefeller Center, NYC
Clients
Rob Speyer
Tishman Speyer Properties, NYC
Project Team Partners
Design Island
D7 Inc.
Hunt Design
Seruto and Co.
Technomedia
With its $55 million renovation and its re-opening to the public after 20 years on November 1, 2005, Top of the Rock – Rockefeller Center’s historic observation deck – presents an incomparable place from which to understand and celebrate New York City. The observation deck includes three lower levels and three upper levels housed in the 70-story architectural heart of Rockefeller Center, 30 Rockefeller Plaza. The observation deck was first opened to the public in 1933.
The project involved the creation of the first ever museum dedicated to telling the Rockefeller Center development story. The renovation includes a new three-story atrium space, and interactive & multi-media programming, an indoor viewing area, and transparent, safety glass panels to allow completely unobstructed open-air views encompassing some of the city’s most prominent landmarks, from the Chrysler Building to the Statue of Liberty to all of Central Park and the Hudson and East Rivers.
Top of the Rock features numerous exclusive attractions to create an enjoyable visit, including two crystal installations by Swarovski; the Target Breezeway, a space that showcases state-of-the-art motion-detection technology; the sky shuttle elevators, where participants observe their own rapid acceleration through the shaft, and the “Weather Room,” a triple-height premier special event space on the 67th floor.
The “Grand Viewing Decks” on the 69th floor offer full views of Manhattan to the east, west, north and south, with visibility approximately 80 miles on clear days. The 70th floor, reachable by stairs or elevator, crowns the building, allowing visitors to experience a 360-degree panorama of New York City. Only 20 feet wide and nearly 200 feet long, the top level provides a vantage point unlike any other found in New York.
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