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Top of the Rock Review
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Top of the Rock 
- Address: Entrance on 50th St., between 5th and 6th Aves., Midtown West, New York, NY | Map It
- Phone: 877/692-7625; 212/698-2000
- www.topoftherocknyc.com
- Category: Viewpoints
- Location: Midtown West
Fodor's Review:
Rockefeller Center's multifloor observation deck, first opened in 1933, and closed in the early 1980s, reopened in 2005. Arriving just before sunset affords a view of the city that morphs before your eyes into a dazzling array of colors, with a bird's-eye view of the tops of the Empire State Building, the Citicorp Building, and the Chrysler Building, and sweeping views northward to Central Park and south to the Statue of Liberty. Transparent elevators lift you to the 67th-floor interior viewing, then an escalator leads to the outdoor deck on the 69th floor for views through glass safety panels. Then, take another elevator or stairs to the 70th floor for a 360-degree outdoor panorama of New York City on a deck that is only 20 feet wide and nearly 200 feet long. Reserved-time ticketing eliminates long lines. Indoor exhibits include films of Rockefeller Center's history and a model of the building. Especially interesting is a Plexiglas screen on the floor with footage showing Rock Center construction workers on beams well above the streets; you can "walk" across a beam to get a sense of what it might have been like to erect this skyscraper.
- Cost: $17.50
- Open: Daily 8-midnight; last elevator at 11:30 PM
- Subway: B, D, F, V to 47th-50th Sts./Rockefeller Center
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