A View from the Top (of the Rock)

We visited the GE Building at the Rockefeller Center complex. The GE Building is the home of NBC and its studios.



The building is 70 floors.


The Top of the Rock is the famous observation deck on the top floors of the Rockefeller Center. We bought tickets outside of the building in front of the skating rink. Amazing no line to buy tickets this afternoon. You would think that there will be a lot of people wanting to go up to the observation deck on a beautiful afternoon in New York.

We went in inside the building to access the elevators. I spoke too soon. Line.......
After waiting about ten minutes, we were boarded the elevators to the Top of the Rock. The elevators are fast.., super fast. We looked up as we travelled to the sky. The roof of the elevator was glass and showed multimedia footage about the building. Really cool.





At the top, there were two floors of observation decks. The first floor was guarded by plexiglas around the perimeter. The views were awesome.



Here is a picture of Central Park.



The next floor, the true Top of the Rock offered an unobstructed view of New York City. We had a 360 degree view of the city.



This picture is taken pointing south with the Empire State Building as the focal point.