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	Seven Wonders of World - Empire State Building Newyork
		The Empire State Building was built during the important development in civil engineering in the first half of the 20th century, though there were only few striking innovations advancing techniques produced large sky scrappers, buildings and dams all over the world especially in the United States.
		Empire State building is a steel frame 102 Story building completed in New York City in the year 1931.
		But, the major set back of the empire state building in that at the fifth floor, at the plan of the top section, the tower is equal to the area of only one fourth of the plan at the ground level.
	www.sevenwondersworld.com /wonders_of_world_empire_state_building.html (524 words)

	Empire State Building - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Reynolds Building, headquarters for the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in Winston-Salem, North Carolina is the oldest skyscraper in the southeastern United States, and said to be the prototype for the Empire State Building.
		Kong and the Empire State Building, from the 2005 release.
		The longest time the building was shown was in the episode "Anthology of Interest I", huge Bender falls on the Empire State Building which pierces through the robot while his two arms destroy two fantasy neighboring buildings, the Empire State Building Comes out undamaged.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Empire_State_Building (2991 words)

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		It is 390 m to the 102nd floor observatory; it is the tallest building in the city (before the construction, and following the destruction, of the World Trade Center), and was the tallest building in the world for many years.
		Perhaps the most famous popular culture representation of the building is in the 1933 film King Kong, in which the title character, a giant ape, climbs to the top to escape his captors, and eventually dies by falling off of it.
		The building is so named because "The Empire State" is the nickname of New York state.
	wikiwhat.com /encyclopedia/e/em/empire_state_building.html (401 words)

	Empire State Building - MSN Encarta
		Empire State Building, New York City, skyscraper located on 5th Avenue between 33rd and 34th streets, which, when it was completed in 1931, was the tallest building in the world.
		American photographer Lewis Wickes Hine was commissioned by the building's developers to photograph this astoundingly rapid construction process as part of a publicity campaign.
		A model of the building was used in the 1933 version of the motion picture King Kong, in the sequence in which the giant ape clings to its upper stories while fighting off squadrons of fighter planes.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761580859/Empire_State_Building.html (274 words)

	Empire (1964 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Empire is a silent, fl and white film made in 1964 by Andy Warhol.
		It consists of eight hours and five minutes of continuous real time footage of the Empire State Building in New York City.
		from the 41st floor of the Time-Life Building, from the offices of the Rockefeller Foundation.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Empire_(1964_film) (259 words)

	Empire State Buidling :: 350 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York, United States :: Glass Steel and Stone
		T he most famous building in a city famous for its buildings, to this day the ESB is a cherished symbol of New York held in high esteem by the city's millions of residents, and has become an icon to the world.
		The Empire State Building is 1,453 feet 8 and 9/16th inches tall from street level to its highest point -- a lightning rod.
		The Empire State Building is famous for the illumination of its upper floors.
	www.glasssteelandstone.com /BuildingDetail/433.php (1302 words)

	Empire State Building - Shreve, Lamb and Harmon - Great Buildings Online
		"Standing in lonely dignity in the midriff of Manhattan, a sentinel by land, a reassuring landmark by air, the Empire State Building is the quadri-faced pharos of the city.
		Skillful designers of Manhattan office buildings, architects Shreve, Lamb, and Harmon were familiar with the imperatives of design and construction efficiency that maximized investors' returns by filling the building with tenants as soon as possible.
		Tallest building in the world when it was completed, surpassing the Chrysler Building.
	www.greatbuildings.com /buildings/Empire_State_Building.html (474 words)

	Building of the Month - Empire State Building (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Empire State Building eclipsed the famed Chrysler Building by 200 feet to become the world's tallest building in 1931 at 1,252 feet.
		Two years after it opened for rentals in 1931, the building's location and the nation's poor economic state was evident in the building's three-quarters or 56 floors of vacant space.
		The wind pushes objects against the face of the building, a phenomena that also accounts for the apparent "upward travel" of rain when storms are observed from the upper floors.
	www.ctbuh.org /htmlfiles/featured_buildings/bom_esb.html (788 words)

	Empire State Building - Voyager, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Following the September 11, 2001 attacks, the Empire State Building regained the title of tallest building in New York City, and the 2nd tallest building in the United States (see the 50 Tallest buildings in the U.S. list).
		The Empire State Building rises to 1,250 feet or 381 m at the 102nd floor, and its full structural height (including broadcast antenna) reaches 1,472 feet or 448 m.
		The building stands on a block once occupied by the original Waldorf Hotel, a haven for The Four Hundred, the social elite of New York in the late 19th Century.
	voyager.in /Empire_State_Building (1642 words)

	Empire State Building (Site not responding. Last check: )
		More recently came the darkest moment in the building's history: in February 1997 a man opened gunfire on the observation deck, killing one tourist and injuring seven others; as a result there is tighter security upon entrance, with metal detectors, package scanners and the like.
		The other engine fell into the Empire State's elevator shaft, severing the cables and plunging the elevator and its attendant, Betty Lou Oliver, one thousand feet down to a subcellar: despite a broken back and legs, she survived.
		The building's management has decided to close the 102nd floor observatory on weekends during the summer, because the crowds make the smallish space unmanageable, so go during the week if you want to hit the very top (daily 9.30am–midnight; $6, $3 for under twelves and seniors; tel 736-3100).
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /north_america/eastern_usa/newyork/nyc_empirestatebuilding.html (1616 words)

	Empire State Building in The NYC Insider: an Insider's Guide to New York City
		The building's colorful history includes a 1945 crash by a B-25 bomber, which killed 14 people but did little structural damage, even at the point of contact on the 79th floor.
		In 1955 the American Society of Civil Engineers named the Empire State Building one of the "Seven Modern Wonders of the Western Hemisphere." The building was also named the eighth wonder of the modern world -- the only one built in the 20th century.
		According to a study done by the National Park Service, the Empire State Building is one of the top ten destinations for U.S. travelers, receiving in excess of 4.3 million visitors representing every state in the U.S. and almost every country in the world each year.
	www.theinsider.com /nyc/attractions/2empire.htm (730 words)

	Empire State Building - Sightseeing International Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
		The Empire State Building is a must see sight located between 33rd and 34th Street it offers an amazing view of New York and the New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Conneticut and Massachusetts a view on a clear day of up to 80miles.
		The Empire State Building was build during the depression and was the centre of attention between Walter Chrysler and John Jacob Raskob to see who could build the tallest building.
		In January 1930, excavation of the site where the building was to stand began, and in March of the same year the construction of the building began this was under the direction of architects Shreve, Lamb and Hammon Associates and employed a peak labour force of 3000 men.
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /sightseeing-international/empire-state-building (263 words)

	Trump, Japanese partner selling landmark building for $57.5M - Mar. 19, 2002
		In fact, the building would have cost closer to $66 million, except that the onset of the depression cut the cost of building the structure in half.
		The building became New York City's tallest skyscraper again after the twin towers of the World Trade Center were destroyed by the Sept. 11 attacks, and the ESB was lit up in red, white and blue throughout the night until Thanksgiving to provide inspiration for the workers at Ground Zero.
		Tours of the building were cancelled while additional security measures were installed, but they're now back to their pre-Sept. 11 schedules with metal detectors, bag scanners, photo-identification checks and other, secret security measures in place, a building spokeswoman said.
	money.cnn.com /2002/03/19/news/empirestate/index.htm (481 words)

	Empire State Building, New York City / Emporis.com
		Decorated with enormous bronze medallions celebrating the craftsmen responsible for the building, and a metal mosaic featuring the building as the center of the universe, the lobby is without peer.
		Initially the building was intended to have a flat roof until a "hat" or metal-plated tower on top of the building was designed.
		As a popular symbol of the city and its spirit, the building has been featured on countless artistic impressions of the city; for instance, the building has been featured on album covers of music of nearly every genre, from jazz of the thirties to hip hop of the '00s.
	www.emporis.com /en/wm/bu/?id=114095 (1151 words)

	Empire State Building (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Located on Fifth Avenue at 34th Street the Empire State Building is one of New York's most famous landmarks.
		However since it was built during the depression total cost of the building was $40 million price tag was $20 million under the $60 million original estimate.
		Along with steel and aluminum the building was constructed with Indiana limestone and granite sandblasted so that it would blend with the windows; making for the vertical striping visual effect on the buildings exterior.
	pubpages.unh.edu /~ammanley/project/empirestate.html (373 words)

	New York Daily News - City News - Ape for raises at Empire Bldg. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Empire State Building officials vehemently denied suggestions that the building was unsafe, noting it has a state-of-the-art video surveillance system and a senior security staff that includes many former cops.
		Building officials referred all questions about pay to Copstat Security, the private firm that provides guards to the building, which in turn declined comment.
		Local 32BJ officials conceded that their decision to single out the Empire State Building is part of a broader strategy aimed at unionizing the city's disparate private security industry.
	www.nydailynews.com /news/local/story/398093p-337340c.html (416 words)

	Empire State Building Web Cam
		The Hoboken cam is represented by the purple square, the Empire State Building is represented by the orange star.
		In addition to the Empire State Building itself, you can also see the New York Life Building with its distinctive gold roof, which is very bright under certain lighting conditions.
		In the summer your view of the Empire State Building may be obscured by very large cruise ships heading south (i.e left to right) down the Hudson River to the New York Bay and out to sea.
	www.mergatroyd.org /cam/esbcam.asp (582 words)

	NPR : The Empire State Building, Present at the Creation
		While the Empire State Building may no longer be the tallest in the world, it is still the iconic skyscraper, and the product of a generation that faced the debilitating economic depths of the time by raising an embodiment of magnificence.
		The genesis of the building came from John J. Raskob, a member of the board of directors at General Motors and chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1928-1932.
		The Chrysler Building was, according to its namesake, "A bold structure, declaring the glories of the modern age." It was an impressive design, but as Breslow reports, Raskob and Smith conspired to surpass it in both height and ambition.
	www.npr.org /programs/morning/features/patc/empirestate/index.html (1120 words)

	New York Architecture Images- Empire State Building
		Stunning in both its height and simplicity, the building's sleek limestone and stainless steel design rises in a stunning series of setbacks ending with a bold seven-hundred foot tower, which was originally intended as a mooring dock for dirigibles.
		The Empire State Building rises to 1,250 feet (381.0 m) at the 102nd floor, and including the 203 foot pinnacle, its full height reaches 1,453 feet and 8 9/16th inches (443 m).
		The Empire State Building Run-Up is a foot race from ground level to the 86th floor observation deck that has been held annually since 1978.
	www.nyc-architecture.com /MID/MID073.htm (3070 words)

	BUILDING BIG: Databank: Empire State Building
		Built during the Depression between 1930 and 1931, the Empire State Building became the world's tallest office building -- surpassing the Chrysler Building by a whopping 204 feet.
		The Empire State Building is composed of 60,000 tons of steel, 200,000 cubic feet of Indiana limestone and granite, 10 million bricks, and 730 tons of aluminum and stainless steel.
		The Empire State Building is designed to serve as a lightning rod for the surrounding area.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/buildingbig/wonder/structure/empire_state.html (323 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Empire State Building, Manhattan, New York, USA
		Perhaps this is because, when it surpassed the Chrysler Building for height in 1931, the Empire State Building managed to put a cap on a tall building boom that began in 1885 with the construction in Chicago of the Home Insurance Building.
		Originally, the building was topped off with a significantly shorter dirigible mooring mast, which had to be abandoned after several unsuccessful attempts to moor one of the great balloons.
		The Empire State Building was billed at its opening as the Eighth Wonder of the World, and in support of this claim there are mosaics of the seven Ancient World Wonders in the entrance hall (lobby).
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A873830 (921 words)

	Selecting the Ropes for the Biggest Building
		"Empire State" is now ready for its great multitude of tenants and visitors-its stands dominant today in New York's skyline, 86 stories of steel and stone, at 34th and Fifth Avenue- the symbol of a new epoch for this internationally famous site.
		In order that elevator traffic in the Empire State building may be handled efficiently and with the greatest convenience to the passengers, a very complete Otis signal system has been installed.
		The modern type of passenger elevator such as we find in this building is called "a traction machine" and differs from the drum-type of machine in that it depends upon the friction developed between the ropes and the driving sheaves to obtain the traction relation necessary to handle the required load.
	www.inventionfactory.com /history/RHAwire/wireengn/empire.html (1378 words)

	New York City - Empire State Building Observatory pictures, history
		For 31 years the Empire State Building was over shadowed by the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center, but that all changed on September 11, 2001 when suicide aircraft attacks caused both towers to collapse although there is some controversy.
		The Empire State Building was completed in 1931 —; King Kong climbed it in 1933 — and, like the World Trade Towers, once had a plane hit it.
		The Empire State Building is one of the stops on the hop-on hop-off classic double-decker New York City bus tours and the observation deck and New York Sky Ride are just two of over 40 attractions included with the New York Pass.
	www.inetours.com /New_York/Pages/Empire_State.html (890 words)

	Empire State Building New York City Tours
		It is currently the tallest tower in New York City and the 2nd tallest building in the United States.
		During the great depression, it was decided to build the Empire State Building in an attempt to create jobs and cause a catalyst for the American economy.
		They opted to fast-track the building’s construction because they really wanted to prove to the world that the American workforce and spirit was strong and citizens should not give up hope on America.
	www.newyorkpartyshuttle.com /new-york-attractions/empire-state-building-new-york.php (788 words)

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