John Davison Rockefeller

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John Davison Rockefeller
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John Davison Rockefeller

• 08.07.1839 (Richford/NY)
• 25.05.1937 (Ormond Beach/Fla)
• started in 1872

• Standard Oil Company (1872)
• Institute for Medical Research (1901)
• General Education Board (1903)

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Rockefeller Center

• The City In The City

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Rockefeller Center

• 10 ha
• between 48th51st St and 5th6th Ave
• should be the location for the Metropolitan Opera
• crash of the stock market made the plans change

• 14 skyscrapers
• General Electric Building
• Radio City Music Hall
• Christies
• NBC
• Rockefeller Center Museum

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The world famous x-mas tree