The Empire State building
New York's tallest building is the Empire State building, which stands on Fifth Avenue, New York, between 33rd stStre and 34th Street. It was built on the site of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and took 410 days at a rate of 4th floors a week to complete. The building was opened on 1 May 1931 by remote control, when present Herbert Hoover pressed a button in Washington DC.
New York's tallest building is the Empire State building, which stands on Fifth Avenue, New York, between 33rd stStre and 34th Street. It was built on the site of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and took 410 days at a rate of 4th floors a week to complete. The building was opened on 1 May 1931 by remote control, when present Herbert Hoover pressed a button in Washington DC.
The Empire State building towers 381m above ground-and measures 443.2m to the top of the TV tower. A further 16.7m is below ground. The spire on top was designed as an airship mooring mast, but after a German airship, the Hindenburg, burned at its mooring mast in New Jersey in 1937, the mast was never used. For more than 40 years, the Empire State held the record as the world's tallest office or apartment building, until the twin towers of the world Trade Centre were completed. Since their destination in 2001, it is once again New York's tallest. More than 2.5 million tourists a year go up to the observations on the 86th and 102nd floors on a clear day you can see 129km from the 102nd floor .
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