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The
Empire State Building is a 102-story
landmark Art Deco skyscraper in New
York City, United States, at the
intersection of Fifth Avenue and
West 34th Street. It is 1,250 ft
(381 meters) tall. Its name is
derived from the nickname for New
York, the Empire State. It stood as
the world's tallest building for
more than 40 years, from its
completion in 1931 until
construction of the World Trade
Center's North Tower was completed
in 1972. Following the destruction
of the World Trade Center in 2001,
the Empire State Building once again
became the tallest building in New
York City.
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 New York City Board
of Estimate.[4] It was designated as
a National Historic Landmark in
1986. In 2007, it was ranked number
one on the List of America's
Favorite Architecture according to
the AIA. The building is owned and
managed by W&H Properties. The
Empire State Building is currently
the third tallest skyscraper in the
United States (after the Willis
Tower and Trump International Hotel
and Tower, both in Chicago), and the
15th tallest in the world. It is
also the fourth tallest freestanding
structure in the Americas. The
Empire State Building is currently
undergoing a $550 million
renovation, with $120 million
utilized in an effort to transform
the building into a more energy
efficient and eco-friendly
structure.
Unlike
most of today's skyscrapers, the
Empire State Building features an
art deco design, typical of
pre-World War II architecture in New
York. The modernistic stainless
steel canopies of the entrances on
33rd and 34th Streets lead to two
story-high corridors around the
elevator core, crossed by stainless
steel and glass-enclosed bridges at
the second-floor level. The elevator
core contains 67 elevators.
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