Current Status: Completed
30 Rockefeller Center Vital Stats
Address: 1250 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020 (Community Board 5)
Type: Mixed Commercial and Residential
Name: Comcast Building; 30 Rockefeller Plaza; 30 Rock; The Slab; GE Building; RCA Building
Construction: Begun 1931; Completed 1933
Design Architect: Raymond Hood
Executive Architect: _
Developer: The Rockefeller Group
Builder: _
Height: 850 feet (259 meters); 70 stories
Total Construction Floor Area: 2,099,985 square feet; 195,095 square meters
Site Area: 107,766 square feet; 10,012 square meters
Filed prior to July 2009, there are no Zoning Diagrams scanned for this project.
Superlatives: Built as a symbol of American resilience during the Great Depression.
Loopholes Exploited:
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Courts side with Developer
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Assembly Member Linda Rosenthal Lowers the Roof on Excess
New York State Assembly Member Linda Rosenthal has introduced state legislation A.5026 aimed at closing the mechanical void loophole. Expanding on an existing zoning text amendment proposed by the New York City Department of City Planning-which is working its way...
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Community Boards Consider City Planning text on VOIDS
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Sean Khorsandi
Executive Director
LANDMARK WEST!
LandmarkWest@LandmarkWest.org
45 West 67th Street New York, NY 10023
212-496-8110