Newyork From The Top Of The Rock
The Rockefeller Center is one of the tallest buildings in Newyork standing tall at 872 feet. A place where you can gain a real perspective of Manhattan.
Here’s some pics taken from the Top of the Rock
Central park – The lifeline of Newyork.
Fun Facts [link]:
- Central Park is larger than two of the world’s smallest nations. It is almost twice as large as Monaco and nearly eight times as large as the Vatican City.
- Central Park constitutes its own United States census tract, number 143. According to Census 2000, the park’s population is eighteen persons, twelve male and six female, with a median age of 38.5 years, and a household size of 2.33, over 3 households.
Upper West side
East and West have this thing going about who is more elite…
“…it has the reputation of being home to New York City’s liberal cultural and artistic workers, in contrast to the Upper East Side, which is perceived to be traditionally home to more affluent conservative commercial and business types” [link]
Upper East side
“…it has some of the most expensive real estate in the United States. The most expensive Upper East Side penthouse (in The Pierre Hotel) was listed in the classifieds for approximately $70 million, and the most expensive townhouse was listed for $75 million” [link]
Upper East side closeup
Downtown view – Empire state building standing tall
“…The Empire State Building remained the tallest skyscraper in the world for 41 years, and stood as the world’s tallest man-made structure for 23 years. It was surpassed as tallest building by the North Tower of the World Trade Center in 1972. With the destruction of the World Trade Center in the September 11, 2001 attacks, the Empire State Building again became the tallest building in New York City, and the second-tallest building in the United States…” [link]
Fun Fact:
- The Empire state building has its own zip code (10118) [link]
The Rockefeller Center
Rockefeller center was built during the great depression and completed in 1939. Construction of this complex was the biggest private construction project ever, and a source of employment to people desperate for work during those turbulent times. Today it is a Newyork landmark visited by millions of people from around the world
Given the views, it sure is a must see for visitors to The Big Apple.
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July 13th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
Americans sure know how to make money. Build buildings……….. then market them as tourist destinations…. add restaurants, guided tours, sell souvenirs..:)
July 14th, 2008 at 3:51 am
Well, this was simply informative for me who has never been to US. Tell me what is this Top of the rock?
July 14th, 2008 at 6:11 am
@ AD:
This is a great post!
I think in design terms, Manhattan is one of the most well-designed and easy to navigate modern cities.
The Upper East and Upper West debate is evident even to visitors, isn’t it? Between the Statue of Liberty and the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum it is a tough choice to pick favourites
I did prefer the latter immensely though..
Did you know George W Bush’s paternal grand-daddy had addresses at both 1 Sutton Place and 1 Wall Street? They were all east coast patriarchs – which may explain the Yale/ Harvard route of Dubya – before George W decided to go all country and homely in Texas? I wonder what New Yorkers make of his New York heritage
@ Poonam:
Top of the Rock = Top of the Rockefeller Centre..
July 14th, 2008 at 8:38 pm
@amlistening: That is so true. People here are experts at marketing. If they had a taj mahal they would make billions every year. Compare that to the upkeep of indian classical monuments.
@poonam: Thanks! I have also added a link with details about the ‘top of the rock’.
@shefaly: That was some generous praise! Thanks
Newyork is indeed a beautifully designed city. And that was an interesting bit about George Bush.
Couldn’t see the Intrepid museum yet..but i hear the boat is coming back sometime soon
July 15th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
Cool interestng facts ! Thanks! I did a quick 1 day trip of nyc recently.
July 18th, 2008 at 9:36 am
Nice pictures AD! I didn’t know central park was so huge. I went to the US many years ago when I was a teenager but my memories of manhattan are vivid. sp those of the empire state building as we went up and saw the view through the binoculars there.
July 20th, 2008 at 12:06 am
@Dinesh – Thanks!
@Nita – Glad you liked the pics. Central park is indeed huge stretching from 59th till 110 street. It apparently covers 6 percent of Manhattan’s total area!
July 20th, 2008 at 9:32 am
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March 30th, 2009 at 7:09 am
hi,Nice pics…..very good views bro
April 2nd, 2009 at 8:29 am
That is so true. People here are experts at marketing. If they had a taj mahal they would make billions every year. Compare that to the upkeep of indian classical monuments.
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