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Radio City Music Hall

nobody@flickr.com (*Checco*) — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 10:32:57 -0800

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Radio City Music Hall is an entertainment venue located in New York City's Rockefeller Center. Its nickname is the Showplace of the Nation.

The Music Hall opened to the public on December 27, 1932 with an spectacular stage show, featuring Ray Bolger and Martha Graham. The opening was meant to be a return to high class variety entertainment. Unfortunately, it was not a success and on January 11, 1933, the first film was shown on the giant screen: The Bitter Tea of General Yen starring Barbara Stanwyck. The theater is also home to the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, a New York Christmas tradition since 1933, and to the women's precision dance team known as The Rockettes. The theater, which is managed by Cablevision, is also used for a variety of concerts and special events.

Designed by Edward Durrell Stone, the interior of the theater, by Donald Deskey, incorporates glass, aluminum, chrome, and geometric ornamentation. Deskey rejected the Rococo embellishment generally used for theaters at that time in favor of a contemporary Art Deco style. Radio City has 5,933 seats for spectators; it became the largest indoor theater in the world at the time of its opening.

The Great Stage, measuring 66.5 feet (20 m) deep and 144 feet (44 m) wide, resembles a setting sun. Its system of elevators was so advanced that the U.S. Navy incorporated identical hydraulics in constructing World War II aircraft carriers. According to Radio City lore, during the war, government agents guarded the basement to assure the Navy's technological advantage

Rockefeller Center - Atlas

nobody@flickr.com (*Checco*) — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 11:12:29 -0800

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The great statue of Atlas, by Lee Lawrie.

In Greek mythology, Atlas was one of the primordial Titans.
Atlas sided with the Titans in their war (known as the Titanomachy) against the Olympians. His brothers Prometheus, Epimetheus and Menoetius weighed the odds and betrayed the other Titans by an alliance with the Olympians. When the Titans were defeated, many of them were confined to Tartaros, but Zeus condemned Atlas to stand at the western edge of the earth and hold up the heavens on his shoulders, to prevent the two from resuming their primordial embrace.

The Prometheus

nobody@flickr.com (*Checco*) — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 11:37:09 -0800

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Rockefeller Center in New York City is a virtual shrine to Prometheus. His golden statue stands at the head of the central fountain, with lines from Aeschylus inscribed below.

In Greek mythology, Prometheus, or Prometheas' (Ancient Greek, Προμηθεύς, "forethought") is the Titan chiefly honored for stealing fire from the gods in the stalk of a fennel plant and giving it to mortals for their use.

Channel Gardens at Night

nobody@flickr.com (*Checco*) — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 11:37:07 -0800

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Christmas Tree at Rockfeller Center

nobody@flickr.com (*Checco*) — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 11:37:08 -0800

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Channel Gardens by Night

nobody@flickr.com (*Checco*) — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 11:37:08 -0800

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Rockefeller Center - Channel Gardens

nobody@flickr.com (*Checco*) — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 11:12:29 -0800

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Rockefeller Plaza - Ice Skating

nobody@flickr.com (*Checco*) — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 06:14:40 -0800

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Rockefeller Center - Christmas Tree

nobody@flickr.com (*Checco*) — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 06:14:39 -0800

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Uploads from *Checco*, tagged rockefellercenter, with geodata

Radio City Music Hall

Rockefeller Center - Atlas

The Prometheus

Channel Gardens at Night

Christmas Tree at Rockfeller Center

Channel Gardens by Night

Rockefeller Center - Channel Gardens

Rockefeller Plaza - Ice Skating

Rockefeller Center - Christmas Tree

Uploads from Checco, tagged rockefellercenter, with geodata