Rockefeller Center

Japanese: ロックフェラー･センター（英語表記）Rockefeller Center

A business and entertainment center consisting of a group of skyscrapers in Manhattan, New York. It is known for its clear and functional design and urban planning for high-density areas. Rockefeller II, who aimed to create a "city within a city," commissioned Wallace Kirkman Harrison (1895-1981) and others to design it, and it was completed in 1947 after 16 years of construction, around the time of the Great Depression. Thirteen buildings, clad in limestone and with a unified exterior, are lined up on three sides of a long, narrow plaza, forming a harmonious group of buildings.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

ニューヨークのマンハッタンにある超高層建築群からなる業務･娯楽センター。明快で機能的な設計，高密地域の都市計画で知られる。〈都市の中の都市づくり〉をめざすロックフェラー2世がハリソンWallace Kirkman Harrison(1895‐1981)らに設計を依頼し，大不况時代と相前後し16年間をかけて1947年に完成。石灰岩を貼り外観を統一した13棟が，細長いプラザの三方を囲んで建ち並び，調和のとれた建築群を構成。

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