After the construction was completed in 1931, the building was owned by a group of investors — the Empire State Building Company, a subsidiary of the Empire State Incorporated. These investors ...

New York City’s Woolworth Building, at 792 ft, was the world’s tallest tower in 1929, but two skyscrapers under construction across town were in a dead heat to take the crown. One was 40 Wall ...

The celebration of lights comes as a collaboration between the Empire State Building and the New York City Fire Department.

Smith in 1928, he and Smith became directors of the Empire State Building Corporation—which was funded by Raskob and other wealthy investors—to finance the construction of the now world famous ...

The complete facts about the Empire State Building, as well as a scries of drawings of it in course of construction, may be found in Empire State: A Pictorial Record of Its Construction ...

Construction of the Empire State Building began in March of 1930 on the site of the old Waldorf-Astoria Hotel at 350 Fifth Avenue at 34th Street. It was completed 14 months later and opened on May ...

We built the Empire State Building in just one year ... according to the historical timeline on the building's website. Construction began March 17, 1930, and the building officially opened ...