Despite the many, more modern skyscrapers constructed in Manhattan in the years since, it's hard to beat the limestone, glass and aluminum Art Deco façades of the original Rockefeller Center high-rises built in the 1930s. Here Sky Mirror reflects a portion of the British Empire Building as La Maison Française looks on at right.
About the event:
Anish Kapoor (Indian/British, b. 1954)
Sky Mirror, 2006
Polished stainless steel
Diam. 35 feet
Channel Gardens, Rockefeller Center, New York
Dates of installation: September 19 - October 27, 2006
Organized by: Public Art Fund
Hosted by: Tishman Speyer
Find it at: The eastern end of Rockefeller Center's Channel Gardens Promenade, on Fifth Avenue between 49th and 50th Streets.
