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Built between 1932 and 1940, the original buildings have a similar architectural vocabulary that features gray Indiana limestone, simple geometric forms, and bold facades with little decoration except for vertical lines used to emphasize the heights of the buildings.
Rockefeller Center represents a turning point in the history of architecture sculpture It is among the last major building projects in the United States to incorporate a program of integrated public art. Sculptor Lee Lawrie contributed the largest number of individual pieces-twelve-including the statue of Atlas facing Fifth Avenue and the conspicuous friezes above the main entrance to the RCA Building.
Rockefeller Center represents a turning point in the history of architecture sculpture It is among the last major building projects in the United States to incorporate a program of integrated public art. Sculptor Lee Lawrie contributed the largest number of individual pieces-twelve-including the statue of Atlas facing Fifth Avenue and the conspicuous friezes above the main entrance to the RCA Building.