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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.
Waldorf-Astoria (1893–1929) The Waldorf-Astoria originated as two hotels, built side by side by feuding relatives, on Fifth Avenue in New York, New York, United States. Built in 1893 and expanded in 1897, the hotels were razed in 1929 to make way for construction of the Empire State Building. Their successor, the current Waldorf Astoria New ...
Shreve, Lamb & Harmon. 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 firm was prominent in the proliferation of Art Deco architecture in New York City .
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.
Empire State Building. William Aiken Starrett Jr. (June 14, 1877 – March 25, 1932) was an American builder and architect, best known for his work overseeing the construction of New York City's Empire State Building . He was born on June 14, 1877, in Lawrence, Kansas. He left the University of Michigan in 1895 after two years and finally ...
Empire State Building, New York City. ... Virginia’s seat of government owns the distinction of being the first U.S. state capitol building built after the Revolutionary War. It was designed, in ...
The Empire State Building Reality Trust previously completed upgrades to the skyscraper's observatory entrance and exhibit space on the second floor. The three-phase project cost an estimated $165 ...
The building is well known for being a design inspiration for the much larger Empire State Building that was built in 1931 in New York City. There is a legend that every year the staff of the Empire State Building sends a Father's Day card to the staff at the Reynolds Building in Winston-Salem to pay homage to its role as predecessor to the ...