Black & White Empire State Building Postcard

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The Empire State Building (1931), Fifth Ave. at 33rd and 34th Sts., by Shreve, Lamb and Harmon, is the tallest building in the world: 1, 250 feet. Fifty-mile panorama can be viewed from its tower.

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Black & White Poster of Construction Workers - RCA Building at Rockefeller Center

Construction Workers Take a Lunch Break on a Steel Beam Atop the RCA Building at Rockefeller Center

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Rockefeller Center, between Fifth and Sixth Aves., 48th and 51st Sts., by Reinhard and Hofmeister, Corbett, Harrison and MacMurray, and Hood and Fouilhoux, comprises 14 buildings upsurging from a base of 12 land acres. The RCA Building is the tallest (850 ft., 70 stories) in the group. Four buildings are used as Fifth Ave. showcases for foreign nations: the British Empire Building, La Maison Française, Palazzo d'Italia, and the International Building East. Behind the last two rises the second International Building. The Time and Life Building, the Associated Press Building, and 30 Rockefeller Plaza (RCA Building Tower) surround the Plaza. The Fifth Avenue entrance is the most impressive. The Channel slopes from the avenue down to a flight of steps leading to the Sunken Plaza with series of fountains and other decorations.

The twelve buildings of Rockefeller Center constitute not only a vast skyscraper group but an organized city. The group, said to be the largest ever undertaken by private enterprise, represents the belated culmination of the boom of the 1920's.

Covering twelve land acres in the fashionable mid-town shopping district, the project includes a vast skyscraper office center, a shopping center, an exhibition center, and a radio and amusement center. The western front, along Sixth Avenue, is made up of buildings devoted primarily to entertainment: the RKO Building and the adjoining Radio City Music Hall, the National Broadcasting Company's extension of the seventy-story RCA Building, and the Center Theater. The name "Radio City," which is often incorrectly applied to all of Rockefeller Center, properly designates only this western portion.

$100 Gifts for Moms

Each of these stellar Mother's Day picks will set you back about $100-and make her feel like a million bucks

"MR. & MRS, JONES" JUICERS

This whimsical set by British designer Polly George-the larger for lemons, the other for limes-is practical, too.

$98, MoMA Design Store, NYC.

"MINGLE" BOWLS

Pair two crystal dishes designed by Lena Bergström for Orrefors to create a modern, asymmetric centerpiece.

$40 (7.5" diameter); $60 (10.4")

IPOD SHUFFLE

Fill up the 1 GB version for her-and use Apple's free laser engraving service to earn extra brownie points.

$99

BLOSSOM GLASSES

Made in the Netherlands, these water sippers with etched flower patterns are sure to brighten her day.

$98, Clio, NYC.

"MEDITERRANEO" BOWL

The stainless steel fruit holder by Emma Silvestris is striking-with or without anything in it.

$99, MOS My Own Space, La Jolla, CA.

MIRRORED COMPACT

Eliza Grey's design has a crystal-adorned heart on its enamel lid. It opens to reveal a double-sided mirror.

$95, Takashimaya, NYC.

"MOTHER'S DAY" HATBOX

Spoil her with luxury confectionery:

This assortment includes handmade chocolate-complete with gold flakes.

$100, Jin Patisserie, Venice, CA.

"NEMO" FISH VASE

Pet care isn't her bag? Put so me water lilies in this handblown, fish-shaped vessel instead.

$98, Chiasso

"NY3759" WATCH

Unless she's a BASE jumper, skip the G-Shock and get this understated but sophisticated stainless steel looker.

$95, select DKNY stores

PICTURE FRAME

Add pics to this Barneys New York sterling silver, crocodile-patterned display (l 1/2" x 2 1/8") before you give it.

$98, select Barneys New York stores.