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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 ...
Read CNN Fast Facts about the Empire State Building in New York. ... March 17, 1930 -Construction begins with 3,000 workers building 4.5 floors per week. April 1931-At completion, ...
Photograph of a Workman on the Framework of the Empire State Building. Many structural workers are above middle-age. Date: 1930: Source:
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 ...
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 ...
Tied for 20th-tallest in the United States; first building in the world to rise higher than 1,000 feet (305 m); stood as the tallest building in the world from 1930 until 1931 when it was surpassed by the Empire State Building; tallest steel-framed brick building in the world.
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.