Radio Park at Rockefeller Center

Radio Park was conceived as a multi-purpose community landscape for Rockefeller Center’s entire tenant population and guests – similar to a town’s “village green.”  As one of Rockefeller Center’s few remaining unfinished roofs, the ½ acre expanse presented an opportunity to connect two office buildings with a shared outdoor tenant amenity. It hosts various outdoor workspaces catering to individual and large group conferences. As an easily accessible rooftop, its landscape development aspirations were deemed equal to Rockefeller Center’s other internationally recognized public spaces. With Radio City Music Hall’s roof symmetrically positioned between two of the Center’s office buildings, their 9th and 10th floors became logical locations for tenant amenity space improvements due to their rooftop access. The sheer expanse of this empty void required a landscape of a scale and proportion to register visually within its four-sided building wall context. Radio Park developed as a landscape from which a diverse network of social gathering nodes and connecting paths have been carved. Large-scaled plantings deliberately obscured the rooftop’s four edges to mystify the landscape’s elevated suspension within a familiar NYC setting. Designed for significant use flexibility, the park’s landscape experience is dominated by multi-sensory sensibilities rooted in nature. Radio Park’s landscape embraces its distinct place within Rockefeller Center’s architectural identity and rich cultural heritage.