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16 авг. 2013 г., 2:00:30 (10 лет назад)

The most famous skyscraper in New York (New York City) is located in the Mid-Manhattan (Midtown Manhattan) at the intersection of Fifth Avenue - and 34th Street. 
Empire State Building in the style of Art Deco, has 102 floors, the height of the building including the spire is 443.2 meters. The building received its name from the colloquial name of the old State of New York (The Empire State). The building was built in 1931 and for 40 years was the tallest building in the world (to the point where in 1972 the builders of New York had not finished the North Tower of the World Trade Center (North Tower of World Trade Center). 
The Empire State Building is one of the seven wonders of the world and represents the strength of the American economy and the spirit of the American Nation. 
The building was designed by a group of architects, which led the American architect William Lamb. Construction of the building began in March 1930, every day at the construction site was simultaneously involved 3,400 workers. Work has been fully completed May 1, 1931, that is, the building was constructed in less than 14 months or 410 days. 
The initial cost of the project was estimated at $ 43 million (642 million in the prices of 2012) however, in the wake of the United States economic crisis - the Great Depression and the start of construction for a year, when the building was erected, engineers are constantly looking for ways to make it cheaper, the final value of the building by the end of construction amounted to slightly more than half the cost originally expected - 25 million. dollars. 
 
During the first year of operation, the Empire State Building, its observation platform owners brought an income of $ 2 million, which was comparable to the funds received from the rental of space in the building for rent. 
However, for several years the owners of the building did not manage to complete the building tenants more than 60%, which was due to the ongoing Great Depression. In this regard, building popularly nicknamed EMPTY State Building (Empty building). Thus, the building has paid off for investors only after 19 years in 1950. 
Empire State Building the first building in the world with more than 100 floors. The building has 6,500 windows and 73 elevators. Today, the building is located more than 1,000 tenant companies, each working day the building is visited by over 21,000 office workers, making it the second commercial building in America, after the Pentagon. 
interesting facts 
After the September 11 terrorist attacks in 2001 - (11.09) and the collapse of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, the Empire State Building again became the tallest building in New York; 
Currently, the building owned by more than 2,800 investment funds, through the company Empire State Building Associates LLC; 
In all the years of existence of the Empire State Building more than 30 people have committed suicide by jumping from its observation deck located on the 86 floor; 
December 2, 1979 Evita Adams jumped from the observation deck of the building but a gust of wind had been abandoned on the floor below where it was found with a broken hip; 
July 28, 1945 at 9:40 am American pilot on a bomber B-25 Mitchell as a result of loss of control crashed into the north side of the Empire State Building between 79 and 80 floors. The incident resulted in killing 13 office workers and himself a pilot;