Empire State Building

General Information

Function / usage:	Office building
Material:	Steel structure

Location:	Manhattan, New York, New York, USA
Address:	350 Fifth Avenue
Inspiration for:	Altino Arantes (1947)
Coordinates:	40° 44' 54.38" N 73° 59' 8.39" W

	height	381 m
	number of floors (above ground)	102

cost of construction

United States dollar 41 000 000

building structure	steel

1945	A B-25 bomber hits the 79th floor. 14 dead.

Architecture

Structural engineering

General contractor

Elevators

(role unknown)

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