This is one of my favorite places in New York: Rockefeller Center. It's as if someone said, "Melissa, we know you like art deco, statues, 1930s murals, outdoor gardens, fountains and a skating rink, so here are 11 acres of all those things."
Well, that's not how it really happened. This is what really happened:
"It was the largest public building project ever undertaken in modern times. Construction of the original 14 buildings in the Art Deco style begain on May 17, 1930, and was completed on Nov. 1, 1939, when John D. Rockefeller, Jr., drove in the final silver rivet into 10 Rockefeller Plaza."
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