2. characteristics
• It was the tallest building in the world
• Now it isn’t the tallest building
• The construction started at 1929 and it
finished at 1931
• It cost $ 40, 948, 900
• The empire state is an expensive
building
3. Design and contruction
• Management: W&H Properties
• Architect: Shreve, Lamb and Harmon
• Developer: John J. Raskob
• Structural engineer: Homer Gage
Balcom
• Main contractor: Starrett Brothers and
Eken
4. Opening
• The building's
opening coincided
with the Great
Depression in the
United States, and as
a result much of its
office space was
initially unrented.
5. curiosities
• In this building many
films have been shot
in the Empire State
like king kong,
spiderman and lot of
others films
6. tourists
• Is a place that falls
milion tourists,
because is 443,2
metres tall and it
has got 102 floors.
7. At the night…
• At the night the lights
of the empire state
opens and it is very
beautiful to see.
• This is an other
characteristic because
the people go to see.
