#377 The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree
The Bowery Boys: New York City History
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The Rockefeller Centre Christmas Tree
Radio city music hall was the largest theatre in the world when it opened on december 20, seventh, 19 32. A line of dancing women known as the roxyetes were part of its opening night entertainment. The christmas tree stands on the spot where a collection of different and exotic plant specimens were once maintained. At the start of the nineteenth century, a public botanical garden once sat here, maintained by doctor david hossock. To this day, you can find a plac honoring hossock's short lived achieve here in the channel gardens.
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