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Empire State Building) Empire State Building, New York City. Built in 1930, the Empire State Building was the highest building in the world until 1972. The building is situated in midtown Manhattan. In this picture, its 68 m/223 ft television antenna mast, added in 1950, is hidden from view. Landmark building in New York, USA. It is 443 m/1,454 ft high with 102 floors, and was the highest building in the world until 1972, when it was superseded by the World Trade Center, New York (which was destroyed in 2001 by a terrorist attack). It was built in 1930 at a cost of over US$40,000,000. The building contains office space and facilities for tourists such as restaurants and observatories. |
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| The American Institute of Architect's (AIA) survey of American's favorite 150 buildings and structures found Manhattan's Empire State Building at the top of the list. Addressing readers in the second person ("Before your eyes a steel forest appears"), Hopkinson offers a very personal view of the construction of the Empire State Building. A cd single of the song accompanies musician Billy Joe's book of the same name New York State Of Mind, which receives illustration by Izak and imparts a passion for New York, from the Empire state Building to Central Park. |
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