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Postcard: RCA Building, New York

May 24th, 2010 · No Comments

RCA Building, New York City - as seen today

Card is titled: “R.C.A. Building, New York City.”

Printed on back of post card:

R.C.A. BUILDING
This is New York City’s Newest Skyscraper.  Located in Rockefeller Center, it towers 70 majestic ft. above the group and dominates the mid-city section.  In point of gross floor area, it is the largest office building in the world; it rises to a height of 850 ft. and occupies more than half the central block between 49th and 50th Streets and 5th and 6th Avenues.

Photograph credit: Alfred Mainzer, 118 West 28th St., New York 16, N.Y.

Publishing credit: “Tichnor Quality Views,” Reg. U.S. Pat. Off., Made Only by Tichnor Bros., Inc., Boston, Mass.

Below is a contemporary view of the R.C.A. Building – now known as the G.E. Building, also known as 30 Rock (its address: 30 Rockefeller Plaza).

RCA Building (now GE Building), New York City - as seen today

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