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The Roxy Suite Radio City Music Hall's Secret Art Deco Apartment

Radio City Music Hall Architect Edward Durell Stone New York city Year of completion 1932 Address 1260 Sixth Avenue Interior design Donald Deskey Nick name Showplace of the Nation Style art deco

As a former Senior Designer for Donald Deskey Assoc, NYC, I recently re-visited my design roots with a Bauhaus-inspired table lamp. Deskey was one of "Big Four" designers in the mid-20th century which also included, Walter Dorwin Teague, Henry Dreyfuss and Raymond Lowey. I was fortunate to glean all of my knowledge about the Golded Age of American Deco from Deskey himself. Among other landmarks, Deskey designed Radio City Music Hall in NYC. Minimalist and boldly graphic in black, white…

Im always mesmerized by the iconic structure of Radio City Music Hall and get a sense of hearing and feeling the music. 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, the precision dance company. Radio City Music Hall was designed by Edward Durell Stone and Donald Deskey in the Art…