Empire State Building
- Architect
- Shreve, Lamb & Harmon
- Year
- 1931
- Style
- Art Deco
- City
- Manhattan, NY
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The Empire State Building at 350 Fifth Avenue is a 102-story, supertall skyscraper designed in the Art Deco style by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and built between 1930 and 1931 on the former site of the Waldorf–Astoria Hotel. Empire State Inc. acquired the site in 1929 and developed the tower, which took its name from New York's nickname, the Empire State. It reaches 1,250 feet at the roof and 1,454 feet including its antenna.
the building
A record-setting height. The building was the world's tallest until the North Tower of the World Trade Center topped out in 1970. After the September 11 attacks it was again New York City's tallest building until One World Trade Center surpassed it in 2012.
the style
The Empire State Building was designed in the Art Deco style, the idiom that defined New York's skyscraper boom of the late 1920s and early 1930s.
More on Art Decothe architect
The building was designed by the firm Shreve, Lamb & Harmon.
significance
The Empire State Building is a National Historic Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the New York City Landmarks list, and the New York State Register of Historic Places (NYC Individual Landmark LP-02000, designated May 19, 1981). As of 2025 it remains the eighth-tallest building in New York City.
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