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Empire State Building


The Empire State Building is currently the tallest building in New York City, New York, and the 2nd tallest building in the United States. It was the tallest building in the world from 1931 until 1972.

The Empire State Building is open to the public. There is a public outdoor observatory on the 86th floor, and an observation deck on the 102nd floor.


 
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Empire State Building: When New York Reached for the Skies (Wonders of the World Book)

By Elizabeth Mann

Mikaya Press
Paperback (48 pages; 1)

Empire State Building: When New York Reached for the Skies (Wonders of the World Book)
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From start to finish, Mann tracks the wonders of architecture, engineering, and construction that went into the creation of the tallest building in the world for the time. Fascinating profiles describe the individuals who dreamed of and built this architectural marvel. Archival photographs recreate the heady world of the steelworkers out on the girders, high above the city streets.

Wonders of the World series

The winner of numerous awards, this series is renowned for Elizabeth Mann's ability to convey adventure and excitement while revealing technical information in engaging and easily understood language. The illustrations are lavishly realistic and accurate in detail but do not ignore the human element. Outstanding in the genre, these books are sure to bring even the most indifferent young reader into the worlds of history, geography, and architecture.

"One of the ten best non-fiction series for young readers." - Booklist

Empire State Building: The Making of a Landmark

By John Tauranac

St. Martin's Griffin
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Empire State Building: The Making of a Landmark
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The Empire State Building is the companion volume to the Museum of the City of New York's definitive exhibition: "A Dream Well Planned: The Empire State Building."

Nearest Thing to Heaven: The Empire State Building and American Dreams (Icons of America)

By Mark Kingwell

Yale University Press
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Nearest Thing to Heaven: The Empire State Building and American Dreams (Icons of America)
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This elegantly written appreciation of the Empire State Building opens up the building’s richness and importance as an icon of America. The book leads us through the facts surrounding the skyscraper’s conception and construction, then enters into a provocative theoretical discussion of its function as an icon, its representation in pictures, literature, and film, and the implications of its iconic status as New York’s most important architectural monument to ambition and optimism.

The Empire State Building literally cannot be seen in its totality, from any perspective. And paradoxically, this building of unmistakable solidity has been made invisible by familiarity and reproduction through imagery. Mark Kingwell encourages us to look beneath the strong physical presence of the building, to become aware of its evolving layers of meaning, and to see how the building lives within a unique imaginative space in the landscape of the American consciousness. He offers new ways of understanding the Empire State Building in all its complexity and surprising insights into its special role as an American icon.

The Empire State Building (Symbols, Landmarks, and Monuments)

By Tamara L. Britton

Checkerboard Books
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Empire State Building (Modern Wonders of the World)

By Sheryl Peterson

Creative Education
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Building the Empire State

W.W. Norton & Co.
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A rediscovered 1930s notebook charts the construction of the Empire State Building.
The construction of the Empire State Building was orchestrated by general contractors Starrett Brothers and Eken, premier "skyline builders" of the 1920s. They scheduled the delivery of materials and the construction and recorded daily the number of workers by trade. Compiled from these records, an in-house notebook documented the construction process. Meticulously typed on graph paper and illustrated with construction photographs, this unique document combines a professional specificity of detail with a charming rhapsody to the firm's crowning achievement.Constructed in eleven months, the 1250-foot Empire State Building, the world's tallest skyscraper from 1931 to 1971, was a marvel of modern engineering. The frame rose more than a story a day; no comparable building since has matched that rate of ascent. .

Empire State Building (Structural Wonders)

By Erinn Banting

Weigl Publishers
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Thirteen Months to Go: The Creation of the Empire State Building

By Geraldine B. Wagner

Thunder Bay Press (CA)
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Thirteen Months to Go: The Creation of the Empire State Building
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The Empire State Building, a construction feat that to this day invokes awe and wonder, began as a contest between two industrial moguls who craved the status of constructing the tallest building in the world. The building was the center of a "race to the skies" competition between Walter Chrysler, of the Chrysler Corporation, and John Jakob Raskob, creator of General Motors, and coincided with the onset of one of the worst economic downturns in American history — the Great Depression. Thirteen Months to Go encompasses the optimism and potential of 1920s New York. It is a wonderful tribute to the perseverance of New Yorkers and an amazing story of fortitude and ambition. 150 photographs are featured.

Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building

By Deborah Hopkinson

Schwartz & Wade
Released: 2006-02-28
Hardcover (48 pages; 1)

Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building
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The acclaimed team that brought readers the IRA Children’s Book Award—winning Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt is back with a riveting brick-by-brick account of how one of the most amazing accomplishments in American architecture came to be. It’s 1930 and times are tough for Pop and his son. But look! On the corner of 34th Street and 5th Avenue, a building straight and simple as a pencil is being built in record time. Hundreds of men are leveling, shoveling, hauling. They’re hoisting 60,000 tons of steal, stacking 10 million bricks, eating lunch in the clouds. And when they cut ribbon and the crowds rush in, the boy and his father will be among the first to zoom up to the top of the tallest building in the world and see all of Manhattan spread at their feet.

Thirteen Months to Go - The Creation of the Empire State Building

By Geraldine B. Wagner

Thunder Bay Press
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Book Description The Empire State Building, a construction feat that to this day invokes awe and wonder, began as a contest between two industrial moguls who craved the status of constructing the tallest building in the world. The building was the center of a "race to the skies" competition between Walter Chrysler, of the Chrysler Corporation, and John Jakob Raskob, creator of General Motors, and coincided with the onset of one of the worst economic downturns in American history the Great Depression. Thirteen Months to Go encompasses the optimism and potential of 1920s New York. It is a wonderful tribute to the perseverance of New Yorkers and an amazing story of fortitude and ambition. 150 photographs are featured.

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