# Canonical recap data for Radio City Music Hall Opens (1932)
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title: Radio City Music Hall Opens
subtitle: NYC's palatial Art Deco cinema and performance venue became an architectural icon and symbol of Depression-era entertainment escapism.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1932-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1932
decade: 1930
country:
name: United States
slug: united-states
summaryShort: "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 "
summaryLong: 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.
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heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Radio City Music Hall"
importance: 72
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
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- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_City_Music_Hall"
  title: Radio City Music Hall
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- festival
- tech-launch
metaDescription: "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 "
wikidataQid: Q753437
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  capturedAt: 2026-06-21
  label: Radio City Music Hall
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_City_Music_Hall"
