#RCA Building

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Visitors atop the RCA Building get a bird's eye view of Manhattan on Labor Day weekend, 1942. The tall building in background is the Chrysler.

Photo: Associated Press

[henk-heijmans]

Lunch atop a Skyscraper, RCA Building, New York City, 1932 - by Charles Clyde Ebbets (1905 – 1978), USA

[railwayhistorical]

Manhattan Night

[I've posted this before, but had another go at optimizing the scans of the medium format negatives.]

These two views were taken from the roof of a Manhattan building, on 22nd Street, looking uptown. Beyond the main subject here, the Empire State Building, another icon of the Manhattan skyline can be seen—the RCA Building. It is just to the left of the Empire State Building, bathed in light, but also lost in fog.

At the time of this photograph, the RCA Building had been renamed the GE Building, and would eventually come to be known as 30 Rockefeller Plaza. Also at this time: the ESB stood out almost in a singular fashion between the downtown cluster of skyscrapers (around Wall Stree) and the midtown cluster. Since then, the skyline has grown considerably to take away from this prominence.

The Empire State Building is located between 33rd and 34th Streets, and the RCA building between 49th and 50th Streets—while both lie between 5th and 6th Avenues.

Two images by Richard Koenig; taken in December of 1994.

[blondebrainpowered]

Two men smoke on top of the RCA Building (Rockefeller Center) construction in 1932.

Unknown photographer

[monkeyssalad-blog]

Skyscrapers Of New York postcard by totallymystified

[rabbitcruiser]

The photograph Lunch atop a Skyscraper (New York Construction Workers Lunching on a Crossbeam) was taken on September 20, 1932.

[a-disaster-piece]

Two tree tunnels you can go ambling under in the United States:

Marsh Oak trees and Spanish Moss at Botany Bay Plantation; Edisto Island, South Carolina

AND

Cypress trees leading to the RCA radio building at Point Reyes National Seashore; Olema, Marin County, California.

[sealedintime]

Photo by Ed Roseberry. This 1952 shot of the New York City skyline, taken from the RCA Building, won Roseberry a national award and got a two-page spread in Photography Magazine.

[gacougnol]

Arthur Siegel (American, 1913-1979)

RCA Building distortion, 1940

[artdecodude]

Even the frickin’ Freight Entrance is extra ! #570lexington The original RCA Building, even if only called that in its infancy #ArtDeco #NewYorkCity #Manhattan 📸:me/10/2023

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Before leaving for England, members of the Royal Australian Air Force visited the observation roof of the RCA Building, Rockefeller Center, November 11, 1941, from which vantage point they got a look at the Manhattan skyscrapers.

Photo: Associated Press

[onefootin1941]

MAILBOX between Elevator Doors from the Lobby of the 570 Lexington Building (originally the GE Building), 1929-1931

Architect: John W. Cross of Cross & Cross

The General Electric Building, also known as 570 Lexington Avenue, and as the RCA Victor Building during its construction, is located at the southwestern corner of Lexington Avenue and 51st Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.

(Photo credit: artdecodude [IG])

[vintage-every-day]

A view from New Jersey of the moon shining over Manhattan’s RCA and Chrysler buildings as its light shimmers on the waters of the Hudson River in September 1946.

[salantami]

570 Lexington Avenue, Manhattan. Completed in 1931 as the original RCA building.

It always amazes me to see these magnificent works of art from an angle that could never be seen from the ground 

Photo credit :

Leo Rosen

[cads-the-cat]

Sleep Token is being turned into a brand rather than a band and being commercialised to a point where it will harm them more than help them

An opinion on there being too much ST merch

Befofe starting this, i want to clear up a few things

I am aware that Vessel and ii probably have very little responsibility/say in this and it's the management/rca who is doing this

Yes, i am a fan and i support them. However, it is unhealthy and not good to blindly support every decision and action of your favourite artist, person etc without questioning them and holding them accountable

I know that earning money with music in times of streaming is hard/impossible but that does not justify those moves of tryihg to get as much money as possible out of them

This also applies to other bands, but the extent to which this aapplies to ST is extreme compared to others

We are one week into this year and there has already been a new merch drop. After 6 days. You know when the last one was? Less than a month ago. Same merch shop (US). The items? Some of them questionable (flannels??). The leather jacket? Insane (not in a good way). It looks okay but you could make one yourself and make it look way cooler and get it for less money as one of my tumblr moots said.

I remember last year up until July/August it kind of was a running joke in the fandom about the emails with obtain and how we're too broke to obtain, but now? This is not a joke anymore. Ever since last year we have gotten emails ALMOST EVERY MONTH, sometimes even several times a month about new merch releases.

Yes, there are different stores worldwide, but we live in a time of international shipping. And even for one store it's lots of releases. Plus then there's all the licensed products shops like Hot Topic, Impericon, EMP and whatever their local equivalents are, who also constantly release more merch.

What's even worse: a lot of those things are either a shitty quality (if i remember right, one of the hoodies or tshirts from the EU tour 2024 had the print peeling off after one wash) and/or really bland. Where is the cool art, the thing that makes these items special? I got a tshirt from the German Rituals 2023 with this sick artwork on it that i cherish more than anything. But compared to that most tour merch of the more recent tours has been nothing special.

Most of them just have the logo on it and it reminds me of any ither fashion brand. There's only so many jumpers and t-hsirts and sweatshirts with the logo that a person needs and the constant release of new but actually the same stuff is creating this insane overconsumption which harms fans' bank accounts and the environment and is straight up boring. There's nothing about them that makes them special and unique and cool. It feels like at this point it is a contest of how many ST logos can they plaster on an item before it looks ridiculous (on the leather jacket i counted at least four, three of them massive).

Which brings me to the next point. People just slap on a ST logo because the band is so hyped and to make money off it or get more clicks, even if it is only remotely related to them. I understand that in today's world you need to use buzzwords to make people pay attention, but with ST it has reached the most ridiculous level. The air of anticipation some magazines or brands build around some upcoming stuff with words like Worship and whatever, which everyone connects to ST, just to reveal a mid product or result is just horrible and will eventually make it less effective which can harm the band in the long run if they can't build up excitement for new releases as much as they could because everyone is 'burnt out' because it's been overused.

Overall, this insane amount of merch and using ST to sell anything or get clicks is not okay. The fan base is so dedicated and loyal and we deserve better than to be - for the lack of a better word - exploited like this just because we like and support an artist. Prices for everything have been rising for years and it's hard for a lot of us financially. We spend so much money on concerts already and then the ton of merch and everything on top is just too much. ST as a brand is used to exploit fans which is not how you should treat your fans (again want to emphasise that this is mostly on management and label, not Vessel)

You might think 'But you don't have to go to concerts or buy their merch'. That's right, you don't. But concerts are kind of the thing when you're a fan of a band, and you want to support your fave band abd wear merch and show that you like them. However, the merch and everything is limited and posed in a way that creates FOMO and everyone is always drilled to Consume and Obtain (yes that's how capitalism works and that is not good in this situation because it harms us fans so much.) I can't deny I've given in to this as well twice during the EU shows and i am now left with an underwhelming sweatshirt and a hat that i never really needed and probably wouldn't have bought if i hadn't been in this mindset so much.

'Oh but i want to support Vessel and the band.' Yes, merch does help out artists, especially in times of streaming. But how much do you think they make? Merch is using little to no lyrics or song related things that the band could earn money off due to copyright. And i don't know who owns the right to the logo (i did some research and found someone in management with three trademarks on something ST related but it never specified if that applies to just the name or the logo or the music or whatever - it was not Vessel though). Who knows how much is going to management and the label and how much the band actually earns. Right now it feels like the management and label want to make as much money possible from them for their own gain. As an alternative to support them, start buying their albums and vinyls so they earn more money off their songs.

So, what do i want? Obviously i don't want fans to stop buying merch because it does help artists to some degree. However, I want less merch releases, one or maximum two a year per merch store (so AUS, US and UK/EU). We can have a few simple designs with the logo on it, but i also want some cool pieces with art or something else that makes them special. I know artists are expensive and stuff, but that's why you make less items but higher quality. Make them available in larger quantities so that more people can buy them and they will still get their money. Plus you always have extra tour merch, which is another extra release. Make the merch special again and make it mean something to people instead of just being another logo like a fashion brand.

If they continue like this fans will eventually be unable to afford stuff, people will turn away from merch because they realise it's all the same, and the effect of using ST as a brand/connection simply to sell stuff will harm their reputation (it already is). Whoever is responsible for this merch insanity needs to put a stop to it. Please!

This is just my opinion. Disagree if you want to. Some things, especially the effects of the situation, are portrayed slightly exaggerated, but this is how it makes me feel and I truly believe this is not a great situation we're in right now with the merch.

(Not taking any responsibility for typos)

[rabbitcruiser]

The photograph Lunch atop a Skyscraper (New York Construction Workers Lunching on a Crossbeam) was taken on September 20, 1932.