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The 16-story U.S. Rubber Annex Building (Harrison & Abramovitz, 1955) in Rockefeller Center. View looking southwest from 49th Street and Rockefeller Plaza. December 1955.

Photo: Rockefeller Center, Inc.

Source:

Krinsky, Carol Herselle (1978). Rockefeller Center. New York, Oxford University Press.

🧱 Sometimes the quietest buildings tell the biggest stories.

In 1955, the Rockefeller Center quietly added a new wing to the U.S. Rubber Building—no fanfare, no headlines. But this modest annex signaled the start of a new architectural mood.

Less Deco, more restraint. Less spectacle, more function.

Dive into the story -in Spanish- of a forgotten chapter in Midtown's evolution → 🔗 https://historiadelosrascacielosdenuevayork.blogspot.com/2025/06/rockefeller-center-1931-1974-parte-11.html