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The Empire State Building is a 102-story skyscraper on Fifth Avenue between West 33rd and 34th Streets in Midtown, Manhattan, New York City.It has a roof height of 1,250 feet (381 m), and with its antenna included, it stands a total of 1,454 feet (443.2 m) tall.
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.
In the 2006 speculative fiction novel Empire by Orson Scott Card, two United States Air Force F-16 jets are shot down into New York Harbor with one hitting the gown of the statue. The history of the Statue of Liberty is told in the 2008 book Lady Liberty: A Biography, written by Doreen Rappaport, illustrated by Matt Tavares.
Read CNN Fast Facts about the Empire State Building in New York.
The Empire State Building was the only U.S. attraction in the top 10. France and Italy had multiple entries in the top 10. Tripadvisor's top 10 attractions in the world:
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.
The Empire State building was the tallest building in the world for forty years. The decoration of the interior and exterior of the skyscrapers was classic Art Deco, with geometric shapes and zigzag patterns. The Chrysler Building, by William Van Alen (1928–30), updated the traditional gargoyles on Gothic cathedrals with sculptures on the ...
Jared Leto became the first person to legally climb the Empire State Building on Thursday morning. He embarked on the crazy stunt to promote an upcoming Thirty Seconds to Mars tour, scaling floors ...