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Empire State Building
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EmpireState
Building
102-storey skyscraper in
Midtown Manhattan
New York City
Preporations for construction
began in 1930.
The project worked on 3400
workers.
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Architect: Shreve, Lamb andHarmon
Empire
Main contractor: Starrett
Brother and Eken
Building
State
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The main task was to meet the specifiedamount, so the appearance of the
building was given the least attention.
The spire of the skyscraper, made in Art
Deco style, was originally designed as a
berthing mast and parking place for
airships. The one hundred and second
floor was first a landing platform, on it
there was a special ladder.
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However, after severalattempts to lead to
skyscrapers, the airship
proved that it is difficult
and dangerous because of
the strong rising air flows
arising from the ogrome
heights of the building.
In 1952 0, a skyscraper
was attached to a large
television tower
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It is built on a two-storyconcrete foundation, and
the steel frame weighs
54,400 tons (the total
weight of the building is
331,000 tons).
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