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The Empire State Building is a 102-story 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.
At 1,250 feet (381 m), the 102-story Empire State Building in Midtown Manhattan, which was finished in 1931, stood as the tallest building in the world from its completion until 1970, when construction on the 1,368-foot (417 m) North Tower of the original World Trade Center surpassed it.
On July 28, 1945, a B-25 Mitchell bomber of the United States Army Air Forces crashed into the north side of the Empire State Building in New York City while flying in thick fog. The crash killed fourteen people (three crewmen and eleven people in the building), and an estimated twenty-four others were injured.
A 10,000-square-foot space on the Empire State Building's second floor is now home to exhibits that track the building's evolution from a plan to one of the world's most recognizable...
MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY — The Empire State Building debuts its new 102nd floor observatory this month, offering visitors 360-degree views from the top of the iconic Midtown skyscraper.
The Empire State building — which was the tallest building in the world at its completion — was finished in just one year and 45 days, according to multiple historic sources.
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