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    Posted 06/23/19
    Marianne W.

    Call it what you want, I love to visit this area of midtown. Some say Rockefeller Center, some people say Rockefeller Plaza. Who cares about semantics. If you worry about that please don't read my reviews. When it isn't tourist season, I get here early and enjoy the place. You can find me in St. Patrick's, in the concourse, wandering around the neighborhood, and hanging by the NBC Today Show. I'm at the rink, shopping, or eating cupcakes at Magnolia. I'm always taking photos and Yelping. There's lot of people to people watch. When the offices start their lunch hours I'm gone! The crowds get crazy and I'm out of here. You have lots of food choices, ice cream and candy stores, and more shopping opportunities than one person needs! When you plan your trip to Manhattan this is a must area to visit. Plan to spend the day here. To me it's Disney World without the rides. I highly recommend! Oh, and bring lots of credit cards and cash!

    The tree at Rockefeller Center is gorgeous this year!
    Tricia G.

    This is probably my most favorite place in the world during Christmas time! The huge Christmas tree with dazzling lights in Rockefeller Center , the department store windows all decked out with displays and the Saks 5th avenue light show set against their building and accompanied by beautiful music, leaves you breathless. It truly akes you back to feeling like a kid with awe and wonder!

    Reverse view with outdoor dining in the summer
    Arlene M.

    There is never a time when I go to NYC and miss this attraction so close to my hotel. Normally I like to visit "off peak" meaning during mid morning when I don't have to deal with the crowds. The plaza itself is watched over by Prometheus, a gilded bronze statue influenced by Greek mythology to have brought fire to earth. Behind it are water sprays leading into a fountain below. During the different seasons of the year the plaza serves many purposes which could range from outdoor dining in the summer to ice skating in the winter. Artwork abounds throughout the area. On this particular visit they had some sculptures just in front of 30 Rock which is their main headquarters. There's also plenty of shopping with the Lego store being one of the most popular with their intricate displays in their windows. Restaurants, food and sweets are available as well both in 30 Rock and in the stores that surround it. This area is the center of much tourism since you can ride to the "top of the rock" or rainbow room for impressive sites from midtown. You can also tour NBC studios (reviewed separately) or stop over next door to see where they taped "The Today show" and some of NBC news. Sitting next to it is the famed Radio City Music Hall. I love walking along the "Channel Gardens" which leads to 5th Ave and Saks flagship store for photo ops and becomes a winter wonderland at Christmas with the lit trumpeting angels are strategically placed along both sides. The statue of Atlas sits at the main entrance forecourt on 5th Ave. If you can come during off peak hours it is definitely worth the visit!

    Ilona P.

    One of my favorite spots to walk around or just sit and drink coffee! I love NYC! If you are visiting NYC, come here to make photos! They decorate fountains every season. Also, if you have kids- there is a huge store of LEGO! My son drags me here every time we are in NYC lol At winter time, they have ice skating. And if you are foreigner, you can try to find your flag between hundreds of flags surrounding the Rockefeller plaza. Great spot to visit! Ps. Don't sit on benches during summer time- they got really hot!

    Zachary S.

    This is not one of the original Rockefeller Center buildings. It was completed in 1947, more than a decade after the now iconic "30 Rock," home of NBC. If you are at the western end of the skating rink and look to your left (north), you're looking at 75. At one point it was headquarters for Time Warner. Even though its style is more modern than the main buildings in the complex, it fits in very naturally. It's owned by Mohamed Al-Fayed, who used to own Harrods in London and whose son died in the car crash with Princess Diana.

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    Bowery Savings Bank Building

    Bowery Savings Bank Building

    5.0(3 reviews)
    0.5 miMidtown East, Murray Hill

    Tour historic buildings and designated landmarks of New York. Bowery Savings Bank building is one…read moreof many historic. Any history buff or avid amateur architecture enthusiasts would have a full appreciation and admiration of this stone building as old world architectural craft is no longer in use. This building still stands with the passage of time and nature's elements. The correct location of Bowery Savings Bank Building is in Chinatown, Lower Manhattan- NOT Midtown East, Murray Hill. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=132531

    You might find a few Bowery Bums in the doorway of the Bowery Savings Bank Building, but it's New…read moreYork, and more to the point it's the USA, and that goes with the territory. This building is very special to me because when I needed to get my citizenship it was here that my awesome lawyer (whose office is in the upper reaches of this magnificent building) helped me through the process and got me over the line - and I will always be grateful for that. He's David Gottfried of Gottfried & Gottfried, by the way. I would recommend him to anyone as the perfect immigration lawyer for my situation and I wish nothing but the best for him. As for the building it's a typical old rustic early 20th century New York stunner, and it seems haunted. They do make you go through a security check to get up inside here but then so does Barbie with her clients.

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    Van Gogh's Ear - Van Gogh's Ear, a public art sculpture by Elmgreen & Dragset

    Van Gogh's Ear

    5.0(3 reviews)
    0.1 miMidtown East, Midtown West

    Don't look for this work of art. It's not there. If you were lucky enough to see it, write a…read morereview. It's pretty cool if you stare and stare. Then all of a sudden you realize what you're looking at! My photos are from April 14, 2016. It was a beautiful Spring Day. I am enjoying reminiciing about today during the Arctic Blast!

    "Van Gogh's Ear", a public art sculpture by Elmgreen & Dragset, is in place at 30 Rockefeller…read morePlaza, right across the street from the entrance to Sak's 5th Ave. The sculpture, by the same duo that brought us the Prada Marfa Store in the middle of the Texas desert, is a tribute to the ready-made style of Marcel Duchamp. The sculpture is a 30 foot tall swimming pool, taken out of its normal context and displayed in its side with a diving board built in at the top. One of my favorite elements are the working lights on the inside left and right of the pool sculpture. Being that it's out of context - a recreational object in the middle of a commercial center - it creates a sense of longing and desire for recreation over industry and gives you an off-kilter feeling (why am I going to work when I could be swimming!). Overall a great piece of colorful public art at placed I a great spot for the perfect season. The piece is on display from April 13th though June 3rd, 2016. Catch it while you can!

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    Van Gogh's Ear - The sign for Elmgreen & Dragset's piece "Van Gogh's Ear"

    The sign for Elmgreen & Dragset's piece "Van Gogh's Ear"

    Van Gogh's Ear - Van Gogh's Ear beautifully backlit by NYC last night.

    Van Gogh's Ear beautifully backlit by NYC last night.

    Van Gogh's Ear - They removed the street-side barricades.

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    They removed the street-side barricades.

    Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Plaque

    Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Plaque

    5.0(1 review)
    0.4 miMidtown East

    "Don't know much about history Don't know much biology…read moreDon't know much about a science book Don't know much about the French I took" (Sam Cooke) I guess you can call me a history nerd. After all, I did major in history and rarely walk past a plaque or memorial or marker that I don't stop to read and more than likely Yelp. So when we were walking out to the street from Grand Central Station's Park Avenue/East 42nd Street entry and saw a wall plaque with the portrait of a familiar woman, I just had to stop and check it out. The portrait was of Jackie Kennedy Onassis. Those of my generation will always remember the traumatic and terribly sad photographs of her from Dallas on November 22, 1963 with her pink pill box hat and her blood splattered pink dress. Twelve years after JFK's assassination the former First lady was engaged in a high stakes 1975 battle to save one of her hometown's iconic landmarks. At issue was a plan to take the wrecking ball to New York City's Grand Station Terminal and demolish it, just as Penn Station has been demolished and rebuilt in 1964. She became outraged when she learned of the plan and led a coalition of New Yorkers and the the Municipal Art Society to stop it. She was the star of a famous press conference from Grand Central and declared "If we don't care about our past we can't have very much hope for our future, we've all heard that it's too late, or that it has to happen, that it's inevitable. But I don't think that's true. Because I think if there is a great effort, even if it's the eleventh hour, then you can succeed and I know that's what we'll do." She also wrote an eloquent letter to NYC 's Mayor Beame and asked him "...is it not cruel to let our city die by degrees, stripped of all her proud moments, until there is nothing left of all her history and beauty to inspire our children? If they are not inspired by the past of our city, where will they find the strength to fight for her future? Americans care about their past, but for short term gain they ignore it and tear down everything that matters..." The plaque was dedicated on June 24, 2014 to mark renovations to the station's main entrance. The renovations honor her legacy with photographs, a video display, and the plaque. The entry itself was renamed "The Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Foyer".

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    Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Plaque

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    Empire State Building - Photo opportunity with King Kong himself

    Empire State Building

    4.0(2.4k reviews)
    0.8 miKoreatown, Midtown West

    Folks, the Empire State Building built in 1931 in just over a year during the Depression, when…read moreAmerica built fast and huge. Iconic, baby. I went up recently, and let me tell you, it's no One World Trade Center. One World? Smooth, modern, straight to the top no nonsense. Empire State? Lines, more lines, security gauntlet, then they dump you halfway into a gift shop full of overpriced junk. Total tourist trap gimmick! They're making a fortune, but come on let me see the view already! But then you hit the 86th floor deck, wind smacks you in the face, city noise roars up from a thousand feet below horns, life, energy. Tremendous! 360-degree views that make you feel like King Kong himself. Nostalgic as hell Art Deco soul, real history you can touch. Not some sterile glass tower; this is old-school New York grit. Sure, if you want quick and slick, skip to One World. But the Empire State? Pure character. Worth every hassle. Go early, grab the express pass if you're smart, soak it in. It's legendary, folks. Huge! Make New York great again one windy deck at a time.

    I hadn't visited the Empire State Building in probably 20 years, but I decided to visit with my…read morehusband last weekend. It's such a different experience now. 20 years ago, I remember just walking into the lobby, buying a ticket, and heading up to the observation deck. But today? You enter in a different spot, and it's a whole experience. There's a "museum" now and you can spend more time here than just taking in the views from the 86th floor. So why go? It was the world's tallest building when it was completed in 1931 and until the North Tower of the World Trade Center was completed in 1970. (Sad aside: It became NYC's tallest building again after 9/11 until was surpassed by One World Trade Center in 2012.) It features gorgeous art deco architecture and design. It's a cultural icon (one of my favorite parts of the museum experience was a room where you can see dozens of film clips which feature the Empire State Building). The new experience includes exhibits that explain the history, design, and construction of the building. What I learned about its construction was particularly interesting! The construction of the building involved more than 3,500 workers, many of who were Irish and Italian immigrants, and led to an unknown number of deaths of workers (official reports say 5, newspapers at the time reported higher numbers). While I felt this museum addition really added to the experience of visiting the Empire State Building, it has also certainly made visiting the building more expensive. So let's get down to the brass tacks. The base ticket (which gets you entry into everything up to the 86th floor) is $44 for adults, $42 for seniors, and $38 for children (plus a $5 booking charge for each transaction). If you want to visit the 102nd floor for that additional observation deck, it's $79 for adults, $77 for seniors, and $73 for children (plus the booking charge). Then there are ways to spend even more money: a Starbucks Reserve Sunrise ticket ($135 per person); an Express Pass (starting at $85/120 per person); a Premium Experience ($175 per person); and All-Access Tour ($500 per person)... I'm generally not into these expensive view experiences that have popped up all over NYC. But the Empire State Building is special. It's an icon and a view. But I still wasn't willing to pay $80 to visit, so we stuck with the base ticket that gets you access only to the 86th floor observatory. The 86th Floor Observatory contains an enclosed viewing gallery and open-air outdoor viewing area. It's the classic observatory you've seen in movies. And it was certainly enough for me - the museum and the 86th floor observatory! Don't miss/rush through the original main lobby as you leave the experience. Or - if you're not willing to pay for the experience to see the view - stop in at the lobby on its own - it's open to the public (follow the signs for the Starbucks Reserve which is entered through this lobby). The lobby is gorgeous - marble, terrazzo, a scale model of the building... But the highlight is that aluminum relief of the skyscraper as it was originally built (without the antenna). It's incredible. It's an icon for a reason, and it was fun to visit and to see it again after so many years. They've certainly made it more of an experience than it used to be (although now, you can't just pop by for the view on a pretty day, since it's prohibitively expensive for a quick visit), but I had a really good time.

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    Empire State Building - King Kong poster

    King Kong poster

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    Ahhhh godzilla got me

    Empire State Building - The souvenir glass that you can only get in the restaurant on the first floor.

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    The souvenir glass that you can only get in the restaurant on the first floor.

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