30 Rockefeller Center - LANDMARK WEST

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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STILL GOING: Stopping the Copper Top at 50 West 66th Street

Feb 19, 2021 | #isitsafe, #votersagainstsupertalls, 50 West 66th Street, CENTRAL dARK

Year 6, and LW! continues the MARCH for you. On December 7th, 2020 LANDMARK WEST! filed our Article 78 asking the NY State Supreme Court to review the BSA's 2-2 tie decision to allow HUGE mechanical void floors to jack up the height of the proposed building at 50 W....

Big Things Planned in 2021: We’re Going to Court for YOU

Dec 8, 2020 | #votersagainstsupertalls, 50 West 66th Street, CENTRAL dARK

Coming through for you, and Standing TALL! Once Again YOU CAN COUNT on LANDMARK WEST! As promised, our Article 78 is now filed with the court. In our Article 78, the petitioner (in this case, LANDMARK WEST! i.e. YOU, the Community) is asking the NY State Supreme court...

The Counting Continues — LW! to file Article 78

Nov 22, 2020 | #votersagainstsupertalls, 50 West 66th Street, Board of Standards and Appeals, Dept. of Buildings

This post is brought to you by the numbers: 7, 8, 9 & 10! SPECIFICALLY, Landmark West's Article 78 & the filing clock that began 9 Mos. + 10 Days after the NYC Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA) issued a 2-2 tie vote on LW's appeal against the 775-foot tall,...