The Chrysler Building topped out at 1,046 ft in October 1929, taking the world record, but not for long. Empire State Inc., a five-person partnership whose president, Alfred E. Smith, was New York ...

We built the Empire State Building in just one year — is it not a disgrace that it can now take 10 years just to get a permit approved for a simple road?" Indeed, the iconic tower rose above ...

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 ...

The Empire State Building is an iconic skyscraper located ... In 1900, he married Helena Springer Green and built a family with 13 children. Raskob joined the Dupont Company in 1901 and quickly ...

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

Scott Fitzgerald in a collection of essays called "My Lost City." The Empire State Building was built with 10 million bricks, 200,000 cubic feet of Indiana limestone, 6,400 windows and 37 million ...

The Redmonds Architectural Marketing Preview this article 1 min A River Hills mansion built by Paul Starrett, who also constructed the Empire State Building, recently hit the market for $3,995,000.

Built from Germantown stone with terra cotta ... Metropolitan Life Insurance Company's $27.5 million loan for the Empire State Building. Earle, along with Louis Kaufman, Thomas Coleman du Pont ...

Owner Empire State Realty Trust (ESRT ... from our more than 274,000-square-foot large block to pre-built spaces, for the building’s unrivaled amenities and offerings,” said Newmark’s Scott Klau, who ...

In 1945, a B-25 bomber on its way to Newark Airport in New Jersey crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building. Amazingly, the building suffered only minor damage. The Empire State ...

Additionally, the Empire State Building is a symbol of American ingenuity and innovation. Built during the Great Depression, it stands as a testament to the resilience and determination of the ...