Rockefeller Center ice rink and Prometheus

Rockefeller Center's lower plaza, centered on the gilded Prometheus statue and the seasonal ice-skating rink, hosts the annual Christmas tree lighting and is a major midtown landmark. Images and video clips of the rink, tree, and Prometheus are widely shared and often adapted into holiday-themed memes and parodies each year. The plaza's visuals are recurrent elements in social-media cycles about New York City's winter tourism and popular culture. Rockefeller Center's buildings and public art are located at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, a listed historic district.