How tall is the Empire State Building?
Empire State Building, in central Manhattan, New York City, on Fifth Ave. between 33d St. and 34th St. It was designed by the firm of Shreve, Lamb, and Harmon and built in 1930–31. For many years its 102 stories (1,250 ft/381 m high) made it the tallest building in the world. The construction of the World Trade Center ended its reign as the world’s and the city’s highest skyscraper, but it regained the latter distinction through misfortune when the Trade Center was destroyed (2001) by a terrorist attack. An office building, the Empire State Building accommodates some 25,000 tenants. On a very clear day the view from its highest observation tower embraces an area with a circumference of nearly 200 mi (320 km). http://www.esbnyc.com/tourism/tourism_history.cfm
102 stories or 1250 feet, plus a 200 foot pinnacle/antenna for a total of 1450+ feet tall). The only other observation deck is located about 20 blocks north at Top of the Rock at Rockefeller Center — it’s not as high as the Empire State, but it offers better views of the midtown and Central Park areas, and is definitely a contender for best view in New York. We’ve visited New York dozens of times and we took yet another trip to the top of the Empire State Building in 2009. Below are the facts and details you need to know to plan your Empire State Building visit during your New York Vacation. Before we get into the details, let’s tempt you with the view from the top. This is from the top of the Empire State Building, looking south. Just right of center is the light-colored, triangular shaped Flat Iron building. Right in front of that is a green area, Madison Square Park. Just to the left is a white clock tower, the Metropolitan Life Building (the tallest building in the world for a whi
Some think not tall enough. A plane crashed into the building several years ago, also I heard that a big monkey climbed to the top and some guys in plans shot him an he died. (ha-ha) The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in New York City, New York on the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. Its name is derived from the nickname for the state of New York. It stood as the world’s tallest building for more than forty years, from its completion in 1931 until the construction of the World Trade Center North Tower topped out on December 23, 1970. It is now once again the tallest building in New York, after the destruction of the World Trade Center in the September 11, 2001 attacks. 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
