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Rockefeller Center, Governors Island, and Liberty Island
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All photos by Jason Mills or Jordanna Max Brodsky unless otherwise noted.
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![Prometheus](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f9dad6_f4dc1336a73c47abbde71ac00479bf6c~mv2_d_4000_3000_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/f9dad6_f4dc1336a73c47abbde71ac00479bf6c~mv2_d_4000_3000_s_4_2.jpg)
The gold Prometheus statue above the Rockefeller Center skating rink. Created by Paul Manship in 1934.
![Prometheus close-up](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f9dad6_9979380b003c4c2a9af16399b21cb241~mv2_d_4000_3000_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/f9dad6_9979380b003c4c2a9af16399b21cb241~mv2_d_4000_3000_s_4_2.jpg)
Here you can more clearly see the zodiac signs embossed around Prometheus's ring.
![View from the Rainbow Room](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f9dad6_2a70ee6dfab94d4f9a4eb26be6545458~mv2_d_4000_3000_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/f9dad6_2a70ee6dfab94d4f9a4eb26be6545458~mv2_d_4000_3000_s_4_2.jpg)
The Rainbow Room on the top of 30 Rockefeller Plaza has astounding views of Manhattan. This one, to the south, shows the Empire State Building.
![View from the Rainbow Room](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f9dad6_04924ff19504439ea38303a072c2bba1~mv2_d_3000_4000_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_196,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/f9dad6_04924ff19504439ea38303a072c2bba1~mv2_d_3000_4000_s_4_2.jpg)
The northward view of Central Park.
![The Rainbow Room](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f9dad6_2c6df6272b744887b2f5319c1ab2714a~mv2_d_4000_3000_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/f9dad6_2c6df6272b744887b2f5319c1ab2714a~mv2_d_4000_3000_s_4_2.jpg)
Here it's set up for their Sunday brunch, but at night, the buffet is removed and the dance floor revealed.
![Rainbow Room Crystals](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f9dad6_fa1d9c73d56c46e2b7fa68fa5695f225~mv2_d_3000_4000_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_196,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/f9dad6_fa1d9c73d56c46e2b7fa68fa5695f225~mv2_d_3000_4000_s_4_2.jpg)
Strings of prismatic crystals hang in front of the windows at the Rainbow Room.
![Statue of Liberty](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f9dad6_a00cdec591ab425989be5d3ee8233947~mv2_d_3000_4000_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_196,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/f9dad6_a00cdec591ab425989be5d3ee8233947~mv2_d_3000_4000_s_4_2.jpg)
View of Lady Liberty from New York Harbor, taken aboard the Circle Line ship.
![Liberty from below](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f9dad6_335562c8e7bf423fa8ab41547eabaf9d~mv2_d_3000_4000_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_196,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/f9dad6_335562c8e7bf423fa8ab41547eabaf9d~mv2_d_3000_4000_s_4_2.jpg)
![Liberty from below](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f9dad6_8caac10e903b4fee94acb9bf6f8d2a31~mv2_d_3000_4000_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_196,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/f9dad6_8caac10e903b4fee94acb9bf6f8d2a31~mv2_d_3000_4000_s_4_2.jpg)
![Liberty Island](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f9dad6_76f499edf3054b54b291094ac8f908ce~mv2_d_4000_3000_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/f9dad6_76f499edf3054b54b291094ac8f908ce~mv2_d_4000_3000_s_4_2.jpg)
![Castle Williams](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f9dad6_70fa69d794e34398aa5bd19026e77f40~mv2_d_2284_1268_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_82,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/f9dad6_70fa69d794e34398aa5bd19026e77f40~mv2_d_2284_1268_s_2.jpg)
Photo by Jim Henderson.
![Castle Williams interior](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f9dad6_7bb3a5d0f9294b11bfbfebbc50e384bd~mv2_d_2448_3264_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_196,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/f9dad6_7bb3a5d0f9294b11bfbfebbc50e384bd~mv2_d_2448_3264_s_4_2.jpg)
![Liberty in the distance](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f9dad6_d29806e686164a07839870214d83034f~mv2_d_3264_2448_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_110,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/f9dad6_d29806e686164a07839870214d83034f~mv2_d_3264_2448_s_4_2.jpg)
The State of Liberty as seen from the shore of Governors Island.
![Castle Williams interior](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f9dad6_13a2661deecb4956a100167fcb4079fa~mv2_d_2448_3264_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_196,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/f9dad6_13a2661deecb4956a100167fcb4079fa~mv2_d_2448_3264_s_4_2.jpg)
![Fort Jay aerial](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/f9dad6_e5caf29763a8448e919f1a4768e2bbaa~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_142,h_108,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/f9dad6_e5caf29763a8448e919f1a4768e2bbaa~mv2.jpg)
Fort Jay on Governors Island, in a photo from the government archives.
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JORDANNA MAX BRODSKY