Editing Rockefeller Center (section)

====Other buildings====
{{for|details on the individual buildings|1 Rockefeller Plaza|10 Rockefeller Plaza|50 Rockefeller Plaza}}
The 36-story tower at 1 Rockefeller Plaza, on the east side of the plaza between 48th and 49th streets,{{sfn|Adams|1985|p=197}} is the original Time & Life Building that was opened in April 1937.{{sfn|Balfour|1978|p=54}}{{sfn|Krinsky|1978|p=93}}{{sfn|White|Willensky|Leadon|2010|p=326}} Time Inc. itself did not move into the building for another year after its completion.<ref name="NYTimes-Time-Moving-1938">{{Cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1938/05/02/98130355.pdf|title=Business Moving Marked By Speed|date=May 2, 1938|work=The New York Times|access-date=November 7, 2017|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In 1960, the building was renamed for [[General Dynamics]] after Time Inc. had moved into 1271 Avenue of the Americas, the new Time-Life Building located three blocks away.<ref>{{cite news | title=Radio City Lease Takes in 6 Floors; General Dynamics Is Lessee and Gives Name to Old Time-Life Building | work=The New York Times | date=January 12, 1960 | url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1960/01/12/105174509.pdf | access-date=November 21, 2017}}</ref> The tower was renamed for its street address after General Dynamics moved to [[St. Louis]] in 1971.<ref>{{cite web | last=Shipler | first=David K. | title=General Dynamics Moving Headquarters Out of City | website=The New York Times | date=February 11, 1971 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/02/11/archives/general-dynamics-moving-headquarters-out-of-city.html | access-date=November 21, 2017}}</ref>

10 Rockefeller Plaza is located opposite 1 Rockefeller, on the west side of the plaza.{{sfn|White|Willensky|Leadon|2010|p=326}} Its planning name was the Holland House,{{sfn|Krinsky|1978|p=96}} but the Dutch government did not sign on, so the building became the [[Eastern Air Lines]] Building instead.{{sfn|Krinsky|1978|p=97}} 10 Rockefeller was built as a 16-story slab, basically a miniature version of 1 Rockefeller.{{sfn|Adams|1985|p=225}} 10 Rockefeller's six-story parking garage was the first in Rockefeller Center.{{sfn|Balfour|1978|p=55}} Notable modern tenants include the ''[[Today (NBC program)|Today Show]]'' studios,<ref name=today>* {{cite web | title=Visit the TODAY plaza: What you need to know | website=NBC News | date=September 12, 2014 | url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/other/visit-today-plaza-what-you-need-know-f6C10518085 | access-date=November 21, 2017 }}
* {{cite web|url=http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/29055142/|title=About TODAY|publisher=Today|website=msn.com|access-date=March 6, 2014|archive-date=August 19, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819135917/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/29055142/}}</ref> and since 2005, the [[Nintendo New York]] store.<ref>{{cite web|first=Marc-André |last=Sarrazin |date=April 21, 2005 |title=Nintendo World Store Opening Party — Nintendo Spin |url=http://www.nintendospin.com/news/nintendo-world-store-opening-party/ |work=NintendoSpin.com |access-date=August 10, 2009  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714185247/http://www.nintendospin.com/news/nintendo-world-store-opening-party/ |archive-date=July 14, 2011 }}</ref>

50 Rockefeller Plaza, formerly the [[Associated Press]] Building, is located on the west side of Rockefeller Plaza between 50th and 51st streets.{{sfn|White|Willensky|Leadon|2010|p=326}} It was constructed in the spring of 1938.<ref name="NYTimes-Steelwork-Finished-1938"/> The only building in the Center built to the outer limits of its lot line, the 15-story building took its shape from Associated Press's need for a single, undivided, loft-like newsroom as large as the lot could accommodate—namely, a {{convert|200|by|187|ft|m|adj=on}} blocky structure with no setbacks.{{sfn|Krinsky|1978|p=94}}

<span class="anchor" id="600 Fifth Avenue"></span>600 Fifth Avenue is located at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 48th Street and was built after the other buildings in the main complex, opening in 1952.{{sfn|White|Willensky|Leadon|2010|pp=326, 327}} The 28-story tower was once also known as the Sinclair Oil Building and the Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company Building.{{sfn|600 Fifth Avenue Landmark Designation|1985|p=2}} Its L-shaped footprint surrounds another building at the corner of 49th Street and Fifth Avenue,{{sfn|600 Fifth Avenue Landmark Designation|1985|p=1}}<ref name="NYTimes-Sinclair-Sold-1963"/> such that it fronts {{convert|200|ft|m}} on 48th Street, {{convert|100|ft|m}} on Fifth Avenue, but only {{convert|63|ft|m}} midblock on 49th Street.<ref name="NYTimes-Sinclair-Sold-1963"/> [[Carson and Lundin]] designed 600 Fifth Avenue, along with [[666 Fifth Avenue]] three blocks north, to complement the Rockefeller complex between the two towers.{{sfn|600 Fifth Avenue Landmark Designation|1985|p=2}}{{sfn|Okrent|2003|p=426}}<ref name="NYTimes-Sinclair-Sold-1963"/> 600 Fifth Avenue contains a limestone facade, consistent with that of the original complex, as well as a seventh-story setback on its Fifth Avenue side and rooftop gardens on its setbacks. The building contains a main lobby at 48th Street, a service entrance to the same street, and a connection to 1 Rockefeller Plaza at its west end.{{sfn|600 Fifth Avenue Landmark Designation|1985|p=4}} Unlike other buildings in the complex, 600 Fifth Avenue's  ground level only contained one public entrance to maximize the ground-floor retail space,{{sfn|600 Fifth Avenue Landmark Designation|1985|p=3}} which was originally leased by Swiss interests<ref>{{cite web | last=Cooper | first=Lee E. | title=Large Space in Fifth Ave. Area Leased For Development of Swiss Trade Center | website=The New York Times | date=January 11, 1951 | url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/01/11/87047815.pdf | access-date=November 22, 2017}}</ref> and [[Pan Am Airlines]].{{sfn|600 Fifth Avenue Landmark Designation|1985|p=3}}