Wednesday, May 23, 2012

NEW YORK: ROCKEFELLER CENTER

Saat bus meninggalkan Brooklyn, bus masih mengitari beberapa area sebelum berhenti di bus stop yang gak jauh dari dermaga. Kami turun di sini untuk kemudian berganti bus yang akan membawa kami kembali ke downtown. Kami beruntung karena sudah ada bus yang siap membawa kami kembali ke downtown. Segera saja kami naik bus ini dan melanjutkan acara jalan-jalan kami. Mau kemana kami? Kami akan turun di salah satu tempat yang namanya Rockeffele Center. Apakah itu? Menurut wikipedia, Rockefeller Center is a complex of 19 commercial buildings covering 22 acres (89,000 m2) between 48th and 51st streets in New York City, United States. Built by the Rockefeller family, it is located in the center of Midtown Manhattan, spanning the area between Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenue. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1987. Kira-kira tahu kan artinya? Ya ... Sebuah kompleks yang isinya gedung-gedung tinggi yang berfungsi komersil yang luasnya sekian, berlokasi diantara jalan apa dan apa dan seterusnya. Di kompleks ini ada banyak bender yang berkibar. Kata wikipedia lagi: Some 200 flagpoles line the plaza at street level. Variously flags of United Nations member countries, the U.S. states and territories, or decorative and seasonal motifs are flown. During U.S. holidays, every pole carries the Flag of the United States. Kira-kira artinya: ada 200 tiang bendera yang ada di situ. Aneka bendera negara anggota PBB, bendera US dan negara bagiannya, ataupun bendera yang besifat dekoratif dan motif seasonal (untuk musim-musim tertentu atau peringatan-peringatan tertentu) dikibarkan. Lalu, gedung apa sajakah yang ada di situ? Masih kata wikipedia: The landmark buildings comprise over 8,000,000 square feet (743,000 m2) on 22 acres (89,000 m2) in Midtown, bounded by Fifth and Sixth Avenues, and running from 48th Street to 51st Street. Rockefeller Center is also a private property, co-owned by Tishman-Speyer, and open to the public. One Rockefeller Plaza (608,000 sq ft) – originally the Time–Life Building; an original tenant was General Dynamics, for whom the building was briefly named. 10 Rockefeller Plaza (288,000 sq ft) – Formerly the Eastern Air Lines Building. Originally called Holland House. Today Show studios[21] is located there. 30 Rockefeller Plaza (30 Rock): GE Building (2.9 million square ft) – Formerly the RCA & RCA West Buildings, 1240 Avenue of the Americas: One of the original buildings on the site not torn down. It has been adapted as an annex building to 30 Rock. 50 Rockefeller Plaza: Bank of America Building (481,000 sq ft) – Formerly the Associated Press Building Originally built for the Associated Press, 50 Rock was the home to many news agencies. Isamu Noguchi's large, nine-ton stainless steel panel, News, holds the place of honor above the building's entrance. Noguchi's design depicts the various forms of communications used by journalists in the 1930s. The only building in the Center built out to the limits of its lot line, 50 Rock took its shape from main tenant's need for a single, undivided, loft-like newsroom as large as the lot could accommodate. At one point, four million feet of transmission wire were embedded in conduits on the building's fourth floor. 1230 Avenue of the Americas: Simon & Schuster Building (706,000 sq ft)[22] – Formerly U.S. Rubber/Uniroyal. Center Theatre prior to 1954.1250 Avenue of the Americas: GE Building, originally RCA Building West, officially known as 30 Rockefeller Plaza. 1260 Avenue of the Americas: Radio City Music Hall, 1270 Avenue of the Americas (528,000 sq ft) – Originally the RKO Building, later the American Metal Climax (AMAX) Building, 600 Fifth Avenue (409,000 sq ft) – Formerly the Sinclair Oil Building, 610 Fifth Avenue: La Maison Francaise (130,000 sq ft, 620 Fifth Avenue: British Empire Building (130,600 sq ft), 626 Fifth Avenue: Palazzo d'Italia (120,000 sq ft), 630 Fifth Avenue: International Building (1.2 million square ft), 636 Fifth Avenue: International Building North (120,000 sq ft), The buildings listed above, east of Sixth Avenue, are managed by Tishman-Speyer, the co-owner of Rockefeller Center. The buildings west of Sixth Avenue are managed and/or co-owned by the Japanese-owned Rockefeller Group: 1221 Avenue of the Americas (McGraw-Hill Building) 1271 Avenue of the Americas (Time-Life Building), 745 Seventh Avenue (Barclays Capital, formerly Lehman Brothers Building): Building now owned by Barclays Capital, the land by the Rockefeller Group. Buildings formerly part of Rockefeller Center, The Center Theatre (formerly the RKO Roxy Theatre; the only structure in the original Rockefeller Center to be demolished). When razed in 1954, the Center Theatre was an NBC television studio. 75 Rockefeller Plaza (originally the Esso Building, later the Time Warner Building) – now owned by Mohamed Al Fayed, 1211 Avenue of the Americas (originally the Celanese Building. Now called the News Corp Building), 1251 Avenue of the America (originally the Standard Oil [NJ] Building, later the Exxon Building), 1290 Avenue of Americas (aka AXA Financial Center, formerly the Sperry Rand Building), Hilton New York Hotel & Towers (formerly The New York Hilton at Rockefeller Center). Wa ... Banyak banget ... Ya memang begitulah hehehe .... Pastinya, kami hepi bisa ambil gambar di sini hahaha ...

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