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title: "Radio City Music Hall Opens"
year: 1932
country: "United States"
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recapType: "global_event"
startDate: "1932-01-01"
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# Radio City Music Hall Opens

> NYC's palatial Art Deco cinema and performance venue became an architectural icon and symbol of Depression-era entertainment escapism.

## Summary

Radio City Music Hall is an entertainment venue and theater at 1260 Avenue of the Americas, within Rockefeller Center, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Nicknamed "The Showplace of the Nation", it is the headquarters for the Rockettes. Radio City Music Hall was designed by Edward Durell Stone and Donald Deskey in the Art Deco style.

## Sources

- [Radio City Music Hall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_City_Music_Hall) - Wikipedia

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