# Rockefeller Center **URL:** \ **Category:** Proposed\ **Created:** [September 2, 2021, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/rockefeller-center/20200 "2021-09-02T14:30:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![NewYorkCity76](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/newyorkcity76/32/190647_2.png) [@NewYorkCity76](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/NewYorkCity76)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2023, 1:24am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/rockefeller-center/20200/21 "2023-12-02T01:24:41Z")
A lot of coverage by the media for this new attraction đŸ•¶ > **[The History of the ‘Lunch Atop a Skyscraper’ Photo at Rockefeller Center](https://www.rockefellercenter.com/magazine/arts-culture/lunch-atop-skyscraper-irish-immigrants/)** > > Many have wondered who the men are in the “Lunch Atop a Skyscraper” photo, taken at Rockefeller Center. > **[Recreate this historical photo on top of Rockefeller Center right now](https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/recreate-this-historical-photo-on-top-of-rockefeller-center-right-now-120123)** > > The new experience on the 69th floor is aptly dubbed The Beam. > **[New Rockefeller Center attraction lets visitors recreate iconic 1932 photo of...](https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/2023/12/01/rockefeller-center-attraction-recreate-the-beam-photo/71767012007/)** > > Rides start on Dec. 1 and tickets to take photos on the beam are sold as part of a VIP pass, starting at $160, according to the Rockefeller Center website. > **["The Beam" at Rockefeller Center lets visitors recreate iconic New York City...](https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/newyork/news/the-beam-rockefeller-center-new-york-city-construction-workers-lunch-photo/)** > > "The Beam" recreates the famous 1932 "Lunch Atop a Skyscraper" photograph. > **[Here’s what it’s like on the Beam, Top of the Rock’s ‘frightening but fun’...](https://nypost.com/2023/12/01/lifestyle/heres-what-its-like-on-the-beam-top-of-the-rocks-new-ride/amp/)** > > Try not to scream on the Beam. On Friday, Top of the Rock unveiled a brand-new attraction on the 69th-floor outdoor observation deck in which guests seated on a steel girder get lifted into the ope
 > **[Rockefeller Center's 'The Beam' ride soars visitors 800 feet above NYC,...](https://abc7ny.com/amp/rockefeller-center-the-beam-ride-attraction-lunch-atop-a-skyscraper/14130095/)** > > 'Top of the Rock: The Beam' is a new attraction located on the 69th floor of Rockefeller Center. > **[New York's Rockefeller Center opens 'The Beam' for visitors](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12814323/amp/NYC-Rockefeller-Center-Beam-photo-safety.html)** > > Tourists and native New Yorkers can reach new heights for a limited time on an all-new ride called The Beam. > **[Dare To Sit On The Beam 800+ Feet Above NYC Atop Rockefeller Center?](https://secretnyc.co/the-beam-rockefeller-center-nyc/)** > > The Beam is now open at Rockefeller Center, which is part of the total reimagination of Rockefeller Center. ---
**Author:** ![TK2000](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/tk2000/32/114212_2.png) [@TK2000](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/TK2000)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2023, 1:56am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/rockefeller-center/20200/22 "2023-12-02T01:56:54Z")
I love love LOVE that iconic photo, but there’s something sad about that attraction to me. And it’s actually not the price, but GOOD GOD that price! ---
**Author:** ![yesinmybackyard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/71e660/32.png) [@yesinmybackyard](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/yesinmybackyard)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2023, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/rockefeller-center/20200/23 "2023-12-04T14:48:12Z")
wholly agree. I saw some ads for it this weekend and I hate to say it but it looked
 lame lol ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2023, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/rockefeller-center/20200/24 "2023-12-04T14:55:04Z")
I feel bad for the folks who work at this “attraction.” Every ten minutes some fat dad from Iowa tells them “beam me up Scottie!” ---
**Author:** ![5Bfilms](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/5bfilms/32/173622_2.png) [@5Bfilms](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/5Bfilms)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2023, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/rockefeller-center/20200/25 "2023-12-10T18:51:44Z")
![FiveBoroughFilms001](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/8/6/86ee0a5ffd6116ddd48b980e9e95017b8cc88eb2.jpeg) ![FiveBoroughFilms002](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/8/7/878f126c499201fdb1dd231f0e53309ed6e5ec6d.jpeg) ![FiveBoroughFilms003](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/4/1/41711faed8b04243245ffa299c4aa5b073e9da42.jpeg) Some observations from my visit yesterday. - Timed Tickets. Even if you purchase your ticket online, you have to get back in a physical line to get a _timed ticket_ - Do not queue up for your Timed Entry until your ticket time reflects the actual time. IOW, if your ticket says 11:30 and you get to the front of the queue at 11:27
you will be sent back to the end of the line (I know this because my analogue watch was 3 minutes fast) - Upon arriving on the observation level, there are no time tickets for the ride, which easily takes up a quarter of the 69th floor (and probably an equal amount of the 68th thanks to the hydraulic system) and the line for the ride snakes all around the window for the entire 69th floor which is just idiotic. Not sure if the ride is extra, but I’m sure they’re making bank on photos now too. - There is a line to get off the 69th floor and another to get back on the elevators. Basically they have turned the entire visit into one long line. They’ve forgone the 2nd floor history lesson (where the beam sitting used to be done) so at least I guess you’re waiting in line on the roof now. I saw some people waiting in line for over an hour while I was there and they still hadn’t gotten through. I would be shocked if the ride were more than two minutes long but we all know my watch cannot be trusted. ---
**Author:** ![NewYorkCity76](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/newyorkcity76/32/190647_2.png) [@NewYorkCity76](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/NewYorkCity76)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2024, 3:10am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/rockefeller-center/20200/26 "2024-02-25T03:10:22Z")
![DSC_3601](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/0/7/07971b2bcfb3bf27cde95bc7bb2ac78ac8b8720e.jpeg) ![DSC_3602](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/c/9/c9ca2e3b4140b247dc2ec05080eebfb3d558477d.jpeg) ![DSC_3610](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/3/b/3be9b6c3e12d8b8a5c0d22c3812bc6f565f63869.jpeg) ![DSC_3611](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/6/4/6407f36c435a4b66e23bae69e7024b450aec1249.jpeg) 30 Rockefeller Center in the distance Taken on 2/19/24 ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 1:56am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/rockefeller-center/20200/27 "2024-03-05T01:56:39Z")
> **[MSNBC staffers scatter after bed bugs found at Manhattan HQ ahead of Super...](https://nypost.com/2024/03/04/media/msnbc-staffers-scatter-after-bed-bugs-found-at-manhattan-hq-ahead-of-super-tuesday-coverage/)** > > An “unidentified insect” was spotted Sunday in the recently revamped studio 3A — home to special election coverage and “The Rachel Maddow Show — at 30 Rock in Midtown, according to a me
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**Author:** ![stache](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/stache/32/30186_2.png) [@stache](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/stache)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 3:25pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/rockefeller-center/20200/28 "2024-03-05T15:25:12Z")
They’ll have to replace all of the furniture. ---
**Author:** ![5Bfilms](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/5bfilms/32/173622_2.png) [@5Bfilms](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/5Bfilms)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2024, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/rockefeller-center/20200/29 "2024-04-18T16:11:20Z")
Louis Lozowick, Lithograph (currently on display @ the Whitney Museum) ![BCS_2024-03-23_XPro_017](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/f/9/f90a3d203fe8c2fa24c50b26565518f423663e29.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![NewYorkCity76](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/newyorkcity76/32/190647_2.png) [@NewYorkCity76](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/NewYorkCity76)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 8:32pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/rockefeller-center/20200/30 "2024-07-09T20:32:55Z")
![DSC_4423](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/4/2/4255908644c0cf84f92ed465860ed04f2e4d695a.jpeg) From 06-28-24 ---
**Author:** ![TKDV](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/tkdv/32/83069_2.png) [@TKDV](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/TKDV)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2024, 6:31pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/rockefeller-center/20200/31 "2024-09-07T18:31:22Z")
The skylift attraction is nearly completed. Looks like a “tier” was removed and they were refitted into 4 instead of 5. ![Top-of-the-Rock-Cam_1725733652972](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/2/5/2592309f9de3383d8a0bea6e997e2c92486d92b1.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/2/6/26609587fd48ec8bb5ac8eca8f5e98eb6f370eea.jpeg) The weird globe thing will be on the opposite end. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/yimby/original/3X/5/3/530254798fdfb42f18e4c3b8e89d85047b2a6b08.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![5Bfilms](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/5bfilms/32/173622_2.png) [@5Bfilms](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/5Bfilms)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2024, 1:50am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/rockefeller-center/20200/32 "2024-09-09T01:50:40Z")
Next you’re going to tell me they’re going to open a dispensary or else offer psychedelic treatments on 65. ---
**Author:** ![ALC11](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/alc11/32/81254_2.png) [@ALC11](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/ALC11)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2024, 6:44am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/rockefeller-center/20200/33 "2024-09-27T06:44:11Z")
This includes some new renders showing the pedestal being able to change colors. > **[30 Rock's new 'Skylift' platform takes visitors 900 feet above NYC](https://www.6sqft.com/30-rocks-new-skylight-platform-takes-visitors-900-feet-above-nyc/)** > > Opening on October 1, Skylift at the Top of the Rock takes visitors above the 70th floor at 30 Rockefeller Plaza on an open-air platform that offers unobstructed, 360-degree city views. ---
**Author:** ![JAXIN\_STUART](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/jaxin_stuart/32/154299_2.png) [@JAXIN\_STUART](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/JAXIN_STUART)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2024, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/rockefeller-center/20200/34 "2024-09-27T16:31:01Z")
wish theyd make it not look like something a 10 year old made in 3d modeling class ---
**Author:** ![5Bfilms](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/5bfilms/32/173622_2.png) [@5Bfilms](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/5Bfilms)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2024, 11:37pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/rockefeller-center/20200/35 "2024-10-07T23:37:46Z")
I’m amazed at the creative ways they keep finding to ruin the experience by squeezing more people into a smaller area and expanding the time spent waiting in line. Why don’t they just turn the entire observation deck into a ride that goes up and
oh, right yeah. I’m with stupid. > **[Renderings Revealed for The Torch at 740 Eighth Avenue in Midtown, Manhattan...](https://newyorkyimby.com/2024/03/renderings-revealed-for-the-torch-at-740-eighth-avenue-in-midtown-manhattan.html)** > > Renderings have been revealed for The Torch, a 1,067-foot supertall skyscraper by ODA, SLCE Architects, and Extell in Midtown, Manhattan. ---
**Author:** ![Ilikelemons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Ilikelemons](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Ilikelemons)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2024, 8:13am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/rockefeller-center/20200/36 "2024-10-08T08:13:03Z")
Who was the loser that came up with these additions? ---
**Author:** ![NYCityBoy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/nycityboy/32/25326_2.png) [@NYCityBoy](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/NYCityBoy)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2024, 1:48pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/rockefeller-center/20200/37 "2024-10-08T13:48:07Z")
The people coming up with these “additions” only think through the lens of Instagram or TikTok. ---
**Author:** ![stache](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/stache/32/30186_2.png) [@stache](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/stache)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2024, 1:41pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/rockefeller-center/20200/38 "2024-10-09T13:41:46Z")
That’s where the world is right now. 🙁 ---
**Author:** ![Waymond\_Womano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.newyorkyimby.com/waymond_womano/32/7078_2.png) [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2024, 2:30am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/rockefeller-center/20200/39 "2024-10-23T02:30:51Z")
> **[Tishman snags $3.5B refi for Rockefeller Center](https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2024/10/21/tishman-snags-3-5b-refi-for-rockefeller-center/)** > > Tishman Speyer secured a $3.5 billion refinancing for Rockefeller Center, the highest ever issued for a single office asset  ---
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