Empire State Building, Held the Title of Tallest Building in the World for Over 40 Years
One of the most famous buildings in New York is the Empire State Building. The Empire State Building comprises of 102 floors. The building is located at the junction between West 34th Street and Fifth Avenue. The name Empire State alludes to the colloquial name given to New York State. For a time of more than four decades the Empire State Building remained as the uncontested tallest building in the world. The Empire State Building held this title from 1931, when the construction of the Empire State Building was finished up until its successor the North Tower of the World Trade Center was finished in 1972. After the deadly 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center Towers, the Empire State Building obtained the title of the tallest building in the state of New York.
The Empire State Building is the ninth tallest building in the world and the second tallest in the United States of America. The tallest building in the United States of America is the Sears Tower. The Empire State Building is twelfth tallest freestanding structure in the world and the fourth tallest in the United States of America. The freestanding structure stands at a height of 1, 25o feet which is 381 meters at the end of the last floor. The building's height included with the summit at the top is1453 feet or 443 meters. There are two observation platforms on the 86th floor of the Empire State Building. One observation platform is indoors while the other is an outdoor one. There is also an observatory located at the 102nd floor.
New York has many places that need to be seen, one such is the Empire State Building. A good idea would be to stay at a New York City Hotel such as the Millennium UN Plaza hotel while taking a tour of the city.
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