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The Empire State Building is a 102-story [c] Art Deco skyscraper in the Midtown South neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. The building was designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and built from 1930 to 1931. Its name is derived from "Empire State", the nickname of the state of New York.
1 May 1931: Made from material: steel, limestone, brick and cement: Height: 453 metre: Area: 2248355 square foot: Part of: Seven Wonders of the Modern World: Significant event: groundbreaking ceremony (22 January 1930), construction (17 March 1930 and 11 April 1931), opening ceremony (1 May 1931) and aviation accident (28 July 1945) Owned by ...
Here’s a look at the Empire State Building.. Facts. Located on Fifth Avenue between 33rd and 34th streets in Manhattan. It is 103 stories tall (1,250 feet to top floor, excluding height of ...
Image credits: Campanile Fine Art, Inc. Artwork by Dario Campanile On October 2, 1932, The New York Herald-Tribune published an image that captured the curious eyes of millions of people. Many ...
The following 40 pages use this file: Early skyscrapers; Empire State Building; History of Manhattan; History of New York (state) History of New York City (1898–1945)
The Empire State Building, Shreve, Lamb, and Harmon's best known work. Shreve, Lamb, and Harmon, founded as Shreve & Lamb, was an architectural firm best known for designing the Empire State Building, the tallest building in the world at the time of its completion in 1931.
The Empire State Building was bathed in a rainbow of colors earlier this month. The tower lights were tie-dye hued on Aug. 1 in honor of the late Grateful Dead frontman Jerry Garcia’s birthday.
A structural worker bolts beams on the framework during the construction of the Empire State Building in New York City. The 1,250-foot (380 m) building opened on May 1, 1931, at the time the tallest building in the world, overtaking the Chrysler Building (seen to the right), which had just been completed the year before. The addition of a ...