Yakındaki oteller — Top of the Rock
Top of the Rock is the observation deck at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Midtown Manhattan, spread across three levels high above the city.
Neden burada kalmalı — Top of the Rock
Top of the Rock is the observation deck at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Midtown Manhattan, spread across three levels high above the city. People come for the views, but what really sets it apart is the design: the top level is completely open-air, with no glass panels to shoot through. From one spot you can look north over Central Park and then turn south to see the Empire State Building, which isn’t possible from many other decks. It’s a straightforward, well-organised way to get classic New York views without complicated sightlines.
Hakkında — Top of the Rock
Rockefeller Center was developed during the Great Depression under John D. Rockefeller Jr., and 30 Rockefeller Plaza opened in 1933. Top of the Rock opened the same year and was intended as a public attraction from the beginning, welcoming around 1,300 visitors per day in the 1930s.
The observation deck closed in 1986 and remained inaccessible for nearly twenty years. A major restoration brought it back, and it reopened in 2005 with a deliberate return to its original Art Deco character. Today’s experience includes redesigned elevators and indoor gallery spaces that reference the building’s construction and early history. Rather than feeling like a modern thrill ride, the deck is meant to echo what visitors would have encountered in the 1930s, just with safer access and better flow.
