http://thebirdfeednyc.com/2011/12/11/then-and-now-rockefeller-center/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=then-and-now-rockefeller-center the word: kids, culture, music, and more Sat, 16 Mar 2013 13:52:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://thebirdfeednyc.com/2011/12/11/then-and-now-rockefeller-center/#comment-87 the bird feed nyc Wed, 02 May 2012 18:40:16 +0000 http://thebirdfeednyc.com/?p=838#comment-87 So interesting! Thank you for your wonderful contribution to this post! So interesting! Thank you for your wonderful contribution to this post!

]]> http://thebirdfeednyc.com/2011/12/11/then-and-now-rockefeller-center/#comment-86 steven Wed, 02 May 2012 13:48:06 +0000 http://thebirdfeednyc.com/?p=838#comment-86 Cesidio Perruzza arrived 1906 New York from San Donato Val Di Comino FR. Italy. He was an excavation forman working for the George J. Atwell company. Cesidio was an explosives expert hired to excavate foundation spaces for many New York buildings including Rockefeller Center, UN building, Frick art collection vault 70th & 5 ave. US Post Office NYC, MOMA. In 1931 he worked at Rockefeller center. There is a famous photo of the the first tree there. It is a photo of workers being paid in the construction site. Cesidio is the forman, 3rd in line, with a hat looking down at his watch in his hand. The tree was decorated with chewing gum wrappers and blasting cap tins and popcorn. My uncles said he brought the tree from NJ and said it was a "thank you" from the workers for being given work during the depression. Cesidio Perruzza arrived 1906 New York from San Donato Val Di Comino FR. Italy. He was an excavation forman working for the George J. Atwell company. Cesidio was an explosives expert hired to excavate foundation spaces for many New York buildings including Rockefeller Center, UN building, Frick art collection vault 70th & 5 ave. US Post Office NYC, MOMA. In 1931 he worked at Rockefeller center. There is a famous photo of the the first tree there. It is a photo of workers being paid in the construction site. Cesidio is the forman, 3rd in line, with a hat looking down at his watch in his hand. The tree was decorated with chewing gum wrappers and blasting cap tins and popcorn. My uncles said he brought the tree from NJ and said it was a “thank you” from the workers for being given work during the depression.

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