The Rockefeller Center is comprised of nineteen commercial buildings that sit on twenty-two acres in New York City. Fourteen of those builds were designed in the Art Deco style, which I love with a passion. Those fourteen beautiful buildings were commissioned by the Rockefeller family, who had acquired the acreage they were built on. This book goes into great detail about the acquisition of the land and the commissioning of architects for the project. I learned a lot about the Rockefeller family, as well as architecture and construction from this book. It was really fascinating. I would highly recommend this book if you are interested in any of the aforementioned topics.

I got this book on Audible Plus and listened to it Friday at work. I got it because I have an interest in architecture that I didn't really know I had, plus an interest in family dynasties. When I got this book, I thought the Rockefeller Center was one building, so I obviously knew essentially nothing. I learned a massive amount of information from this book about how the land was acquired and all of the planning and construction that went into creating this landmark location in the city. I was really pleased with this book, and glad it got me through a shift at work ignoring the coworker I hate.