Editing Radio City Music Hall (section)

===Facade===
[[File:50th St 6th Av td 03 - Radio City.jpg|thumb|Marquee seen from north, with subway entrance at left]]
Radio City Music Hall is on the east side of Sixth Avenue between 50th and 51st Streets.<ref>{{Cite aia5|pages=325, 326}}</ref>{{sfn|Hofmeister|1932|p=359}} Located in a [[niche (architecture)|niche]] partially under 1270 Avenue of the Americas, the theater is housed under the building's first setback on the seventh floor.{{sfn|Adams|1985|pp=53–54}} An entrance to the [[New York City Subway]]'s [[47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center (IND Sixth Avenue Line)|47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center]] station, served by the {{NYCS trains|Sixth}}, is on Sixth Avenue directly adjacent to the north end of the marquee, within the same structure that houses Radio City Music Hall.{{sfn|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1978|p=9}}

Its exterior has a long [[Marquee (sign)|marquee sign]] that wraps around the corner of Sixth Avenue and 50th Street, as well as narrower, seven-story-high signs on the north and south ends of the marquee's Sixth Avenue side; both signs display the theater's name in neon letters.{{sfn|Adams|1985|pp=53–54}} The main entrance to Radio City was placed at the corner of Sixth Avenue and 50th Street, underneath the marquee.{{sfn|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1978|p=9}} Although the theater's main entrance could have been placed anywhere along the Sixth Avenue frontage, the architects chose to place the entrance near the intersection of 50th Street, rather than in the middle of the block, because it was highly visible from the [[Theater District, Manhattan|Broadway theater district]] to the west. Additionally, a corner site allowed the architects to place more doorways on the facade than a midblock site would have.{{sfn|Landmarks Preservation Commission|1978|p=9}}{{sfn|Hofmeister|1932|p=359}}

[[File:WLA filmlinc Radio City Music Hall 1.jpg|thumb|left|Plaques]]
The theater's exterior also has visual features signifying its purpose. Above the entrance, [[Hildreth Meiere]] created six small bronze plaques of musicians playing different instruments, as well as three larger metal and enamel plaques signifying dance, drama, and song; these plaques denote the theater's theme.<ref name="Storey 1932" />{{sfn|Adams|1985|pp=47–49}}{{sfn|Roussel|2006|p=13}}  At one point, a tennis court was located on the theater's rooftop garden.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FJamaica%2520NY%2520Long%2520Island%2520Daily%2520Press%2FJamaica%2520NY%2520Long%2520Island%2520Daily%2520Press%25201937%2FJamaica%2520NY%2520Long%2520Island%2520Daily%2520Press%25201937%2520-%25206215.pdf|title=Mystery on Sixth Ave.|last=Miller|first=Moscrip|date=1937|work=[[Screen & Radio Weekly]]|access-date=November 10, 2017|via=[[Fultonhistory.com]]|archive-date=April 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403220542/https://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2014/Jamaica%20NY%20Long%20Island%20Daily%20Press/Jamaica%20NY%20Long%20Island%20Daily%20Press%201937/Jamaica%20NY%20Long%20Island%20Daily%20Press%201937%20-%206215.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>