Photo by Ryan Cramer
Photo by Ryan Cramer
Photo by Ryan Cramer
| Height | 1250 feet |
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| Floors | 102 |
| Year | 1931 |
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About Empire State Building
The Empire State Building is a 102-story landmark Art Deco skyscraper in New York City at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. Its name is derived from the nickname for the state of New York, The Empire State. It stood as the world's tallest building for more than forty years, from its completion in 1931 until construction of the World Trade Center's North Tower was completed in 1972. Following the destruction of the World Trade Center in 2001, the Empire State Building once again became the tallest building in New York City and New York State. 9/11 Commission reported that the original plan for the September 11 attacks called for the hijacking of ten planes, one of which was to be crashed into Empire State Building. The Empire State Building has been named by the American Society of Civil Engineers as one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World. The building and its street floor interior are designated landmarks of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, and confirmed by the New York City Board of Estimate. It was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1986.
See Also
- American International Building, New York City
- 200 Greenwich Street, New York City
- New Yorker Hotel, New York City
- First National Center, Oklahoma City
- Textron Tower, Providence
- Freedom Tower, New York City
- Deutsche Bank Building, New York City
- Chrysler Building, New York City
- Rand Building, Buffalo
- Mutual of New York Building, New York City
- MoMA Expansion Tower, New York City
- Bank of America Tower, New York City
- John Hancock Center, Chicago
- 432 Park Avenue, New York City
- Metropolitan Life North Building, New York City
- 80 South Street, New York City
- The Illinois, Chicago
- Madison Square Garden Towers, New York City
- Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City
- 500 Fifth Avenue, New York City
- Hudson Place, New York City
- Skyscrapers by Gregory Johnson
- Skyscrapers by William F. Lamb
- Skyscrapers by H G Balcom
- Skyscrapers by Richmond Shreve
- Skyscrapers by Shreve, Lamb and Harmon
- New York City Skyscrapers