#associated architects

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The Rockefeller Center original complex. Fifth to Sixth avenues between West 48th to 51st Streets. The Associated Architects (Reinhard & Hofmeister; Corbett, Harrison & MacMurray; Raymond Hood, Godley & Fouilhoux; Edward Durrell Stone). 1931-1940.

The new 70-story  R.C.A. Building (Associated Architects, 1933) dominates the new Rockefeller Center complex, in this view looking west from the top of 444 Madison Avenue Building. Summer, 1933. The 32-story R.K.O. Building (Associates Architects, 1932) and Radio City Music Hall are visibles at right.

Photo: Rockefeller Center, Inc.

Source: Balfour; Alan. “Rockefeller Center. Architecture as Theater” (New York. McGraw-Hill. 1978).

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The 36-story Rockefeller Center’s Time & Life Building (now One Rockefeller Plaza). 9 Rockefeller Plaza, east side between 48th to 49th streets. The Associated Architects (Reinhard & Hofmeister; Corbett, Harrison & MacMurray; Raymond Hood, Godley & Fouilhoux; Edward Durrell Stone). 1936-1937.

View looking southeast of the Times & Life Building from the R.C.A. Building in Autumn, 1937.

Photo: Robert M. Damora.

Source: Architectural Forum, December, 1937.

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The 16-story Eastern Airlines Building. Rockefeller Center. 10 Rockefeller Plaza, between west 48th to 49th Streets. Associated Architects, 1938-1939.

View looking southwest of the recently completed Eastern Airlines Building from 5oth Street. On foreground, the Rockefeller Center’s Promenade with Paul Manship’s Prometheus golden sculpture. Late, 1939.

Photo: F.S. Lincoln.

Source: Architectural Forum, January, 1940.

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The Rockefeller Center original complex. Fifth to Sixth avenues between West 48th to 51st Streets. The Associated Architects (Reinhard & Hofmeister; Corbett, Harrison & MacMurray; Raymond Hood, Godley & Fouilhoux; Edward Durrell Stone). 1931-1940.  

Aerial view looking northeast or Rockefeller Center original complex, in Summer, 1964, with the 70-story R.C.A. Building (Associated Architects, 1933) at center. 

Above it are some Rockefeller Center’s postwar buildings: The 45-story Sperry Rand Building (Emery Roth & Sons-Harrison & Abramovitz, 1963) are at left, and the 33-story Esso Building (Carson & Lundin, 1947) are at center, above.

The Tishman Building (Carson & Lundin, 1957) are visible above, left. St. Patrick’s Cathedral are above, at right.

Photo: Publifoto (?). 

Source: "Rizzoli Larousse. Enciclopedia Universale". Vol. X. Milan, Rizolli Editore, 1969.

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The Rockefeller Center. Fifth to Sixth avenues between West 48th to 51st Streets. The Associated Architects (Reinhard & Hofmeister; Corbett, Harrison & MacMurray; Raymond Hood, Godley & Fouilhoux; Edward Durrell Stone). 1931-1940. Carson & Lundin (Esso Building), 1947.

View looking northwest of Rockefeller Center complex, from the top of 444 Madison Avenue Building, in Summer, 1948.

The 70-story R.C.A. Building are at center. 41-story International Building are at right with the new 32-story Esso Building (Carson & Lundin, 1947) can be seen at background.

Photo: Rockefeller Center, Inc.

Source: “Guía de Turismo y Compras en Nueva York” (New York, American International Advertising, Corp. 1951.

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The Rockefeller Center original complex. Fifth to Sixth avenues between West 48th to 51st Streets. The Associated Architects (Reinhard & Hofmeister; Corbett, Harrison & MacMurray; Raymond Hood, Godley & Fouilhoux; Edward Durrell Stone). 1931-1940.

Construction works for Rockefeller Center (Associated Architects, 1931-1940), in this view looking west from the top of 444 Madison Avenue Building, on Late, 1931. 

Excavations works on progress for the future R.C.A. Building (Associated Architects, 1933) are on foreground. The steel skeleton for the 32-story R.K.O Building (Associated Architects, 1932) are at right, with the early stage of construction for Radio City Music Hall (Associated Architects, 1932).

Photo: Unknown.

Source: Annette Whiteridge "New York, Then and Now". San Diego. Thunder Bay Press. 2001.

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View looking west of Midtown Manhattan skyscrapers from the top of General Electric Building, in summer, 1950.

The 444 Madison Avenue Building (Kohn, Vitola & Knight, 1931) are at left, foreground. The Rockefeller Center’s original complex (Associated Architects, 1931-1940) are at background, with the 70-story R.C.A. Building (1933) at left and 41-story International Building (1935) at center. St. Patrick’s Cathedral are at foreground. The new 24-story Look Magazine (488 Madison Avenue) Building (Emery Roth & Sons, 1950) are at foreground, right, and the new Rockefeller Center’s Esso Building (Carson & Lundin, 1947) are at background.

Photo: General Electric/Museum of Innovation & Science (Schendectady, U.S.A.).

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The 32-story Esso Building at Rockefeller Center. 75 Rockefeller Plaza, between 51st to 52nd streets. Carson & Lundin, 1946-1947.

The new Rockefeller Center’s Esso Building under construction. View looking southeast from 52nd Street. Early 1947. The Center’s International Building (Associated Architects, 1935) are visible at background, right.

Photo: Bethlehem Steel Co. 

Source: Enciclopedia Práctica Jackson, Tomo 2. México, W.M. Jackson, Inc., 1966.