About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 102. Chapters: 1080 Brickell, 10 East 40th Street, 500 Place D'Armes, Albert Hall, Manchester, Ameriprise Financial Center, Avaz Twist Tower, Bank of America Building (Providence), Beach Road 2, Beatty Street Drill Hall, Capital One Tower, Castlefield Congregational Chapel, Chips, Manchester, Coca-Cola Place, Coconut Palace, Connaught Armoury, Dacian fortress of C palna, Edificio Grassy, Empire State Building, Errum Manzil, Eryldene, Gordon, Everett McKinley Dirksen United States Courthouse, Formica Building, Fort York Armoury, Free Trade Hall, Gateway House, Manchester, Giant Wheel (Morey's Piers), Great Wall of China, Halifax Armoury, Hanover Building, Harmandir Sahib, Hewell Grange, Hill Fort Palace, Holckenhavn Castle, Hotel Laurus al Duomo, Hotel Pitti Palace al Ponte Vecchio, John Rylands Library, Kedleston Hall, Kellie's Castle, Koti Residency, Kuwait Towers, Kuwait Water Towers, Liverpool Interlomas, Malwala palace, Manchester Town Hall, Manitoba Hydro Place, Mentmore Towers, Moss Park Armoury, Nadiad ni haveli, Nizamia observatory, N Seoul Tower, One Angel Square, Palace of Peace and Reconciliation, Palazzo Foscari (Giudecca 795), Panorama Towers, Peninsula Building, Petronas Towers, Quebec City Armoury, Ripon Building, Saifabad Palace, Salaberry Armoury, Sarat Chandra Kuthi, Sardar Mahal, Seaforth Armoury, Second Stage Theatre, Shanghai Wheelock Square, Skovsbo Castle, Springs Mills Building, St. Anthony of Padua Church (Bronx, New York), Talatal Ghar, Tequesta Point, Texas School Book Depository, The Club at Brickell Bay, The Gateway (New Brunswick, New Jersey), The Leeds Studios, The Mark on Brickell, Thoresby House, Thrissur Town Hall, Torre Adamant, Tredegar House, UAE Public Library and Cultural Center, Vanna Venturi House, Vidyaranya High School, Wat Xieng Thong, Wills Hall, Windsor Hotel (Cairo), Woodspring Priory. Excerpt: The Empire State Building is a 102-story skyscraper located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. It has a roof height of 1,250 feet (381 meters), and with its antenna spire included, it stands a total of 1,454 ft (443.2 m) high. Its name is derived from the nickname for New York, the Empire State. It stood as the world's tallest building for 40 years, from its completion in 1931 until construction of the World Trade Center's North Tower was completed in 1972. Following the September 11 attacks in 2001, the Empire State Building was again the tallest building in New York (although it was no longer the tallest in the US or the world). The Empire State Building was once again demoted to second-tallest building in New York on April 30, 2012, when the new One World Trade Center reached a greater height. The Empire State Building is currently the third-tallest completed skyscraper in the United States (after the Willis Tower and Trump International Hotel and Tower, both in Chicago), and the 22nd-tallest in the world (the tallest now is Burj Khalifa, located in Dubai). It is also the fourth-tallest freestanding structure in the Americas. The Empire State Building is generally thought of as an American cultural icon. It is designed in the distinctive Art Deco style and has been named as one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World by the American Society of Civil Engineers. The building and its street floor interior are designated landmarks of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, and confirmed by the New York City Board of Estimate. It was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1986. In 2007, it was ranked number one on the List of America's Favorite Architecture according to the AIA. The building is owned by the 2800 investors in Empire State Building Associates L.L.C. The Empire State Building is currently undergoing a $550 million renovation, with $120 million spent in an...
