THE

EMPIRE STATE BUILDING

P3 by Charles Meng

Table Of Contents

1.Table of Contents

2.Introduction

3.History

4.Video for Crash

5.Construction

6.Suicides/Shootings

7.Architecture

8.Comparisons

9.Comaprisons P2

10.Floodlights

11.Dirigible Terminal

12.Pop Culture

14.Bibliography (Pictures)

15.Bibliography (Sites)

Introduction

The Empire State Building is by far the greatest feature of New York

besides the Twin Towers and the Statue of Liberty. These three

structures are the national landmarks of New York City although some

people also say Broadway is too. The Empire State Building is

the tallest building in New York because of the destruction of the Twin

Towers. The Empire State Building is heart of New York and the number

one paid tourist attraction in the United States of America. Amazingly

there are 73 elevators in the whole building! At the start, there were

only 64 but the people added 9 more elevators. Imagine all those

elevators!

History

The Empire State building was built in 1930 and it got finished in 1931

taking only 410 days! At the time there were other buildings in New York

City who also was trying to claim the tallest skyscraper in the world.

These buildings were the Chrysler Building and 40 Wall Street. The

Empire State Building was developed by a farmer named John

Thompson who actually had a farm there in the eighteenth century. The

Empire State almost faced the same fate as the Twin towers in 1945

when a B-25 Mitchell hit the North side of the tower in between the 79th

floor and the 80th floor which killed fourteen people and almost killed a

elevator operator who fell 75 stories and survived which made a world

Record. There will be a video on the next slide for this.

Video for Crash

Here is a video of

the crash site.

There was no

actual footage of

the plane crashing. This is

the chaos that happened after.

actual crash

Construction

The Empire State Building was

based on blueprints by the firm

Shreve, Lamb, Harmon which got

delivered within 2 weeks. When the

building was finished, it rose to the

height of 1250 ft (381m) to the 102nd

floor. The actual height is 443.09 m

in height including the antenna and

the Art Deco floors. The square feet

of the building is 2,180,000 square

feet (office space). The building has 70

miles of piping, 2,500,000 ft of

electrical wire, and 9,000 faucets. It is

undergoing a 500 million dollar renovation

right now.

This is a video of the construction back in

1930

Suicides/Shootings

At the Empire State Building, there have been over thirty suicides,

which is thirty too many. Suicides started even before the building was

finished. After five attempt of these, a fence got put around the

construction areas so people don’t suicide. Although, there was one

person who got almost famous from this even though the person was

dead. This is what happened, a woman jumped from the observation

deck and landed on a limousine at bottom in a very awkward position

and a student photographer took a picture which got put in a magazine

most people know as the Life Magazine. In her belongings up at the

observation deck, there was a note that said “I’m not a good for

anybody….”.

Architecture

The Empire State Building has 102 floors and it has two observation

decks. The needle it has is covered with satellite dishes for radio

stations and TV channels. This is because of the destruction twin towers

which had most of the radio stations on the north tower. The Empire

State Building offices over 10 companies. These companies are the

Art Deco, Altitalia, Boy Scouts of America, National film board of

Canada, Croatian National Tour Board, Filipino Reporter, Human Rights

Foundation, Human Rights Watch, Polish Cultural Institute in New York,

Senegal, TAROM, The Kings College, Nathaniel Branden Institute.

ComparisonsThe Empire State

Building got

surpassed as the tallest tower

in New York when the World

Trade Center (WTC) was built.

The Empire State Building held

the tallest tower/ building in

New York City for 23

consecutive years. After 43

years, the Empire State

Building became the tallest

building in New York City again

because of the destruction of

the twin towers in 2001. Here

is a video.

Comparisons P2

The Empire State building is the 15th tallest building in the world. On

this picture, it shows some of the buildings that are taller than the

Empire State Building (Including the Burj Khalifa). Although it isn’t the

tallest building in the world anymore, it is one of the few skyscrapers

that a history of going through hardships and making it through other

things like plane crashes and a few minor fires. It is also very important

to American history for being the tallest building in the world for the

longest ever. The Empire State Building is now the one-third of the

tallest building in the world but it is just the same size when Americans

look up to it. The Empire State Building is the fourth tallest building in

the U.S.

Floodlights

The floodlights of the Empire State Building reflects on things that

happen around the world. It is not always on, it is only on during

important events. These floodlights were installed to the Empire State

Building in 1964 for no other reason than to use it to celebrate things

and even mourn for things like in 2004, the actress of King Kong died

where the lights were turned on to honor Fray ray who died. The

colours were unwritten. They also change colours for holidays like

Christmas and Halloween. The floodlights can have up to 3 different

colours at one time.

Dirigible Terminal

There was a Dirigible Terminal on the Empire State Building but it

wasn’t aloud to be put in use because of the updrafts of wind caused by

the building itself. This would cause some dirigibles to loosen and float

away accidentally. Also it is very dangerous because if you are on board,

you could get blown away from the wind around the building. Also it

could hit the building accidentally and knock part of the building off

which could lead to the fall of the Empire State Building. Also the fumes

of the dirigible could get into the ventilation system and poison the

office workers with toxic fumes. As you can see in this picture, when the

dirigible leaves it could knock down the spire if the pilot isn’t very

careful which could kill hundreds of people.

Pop Culture

There are lots of songs and movies with the Empire State Building in it.

Below are some movies.

-King Kong

-Love Affair

-Sleepless in Seattle

-Empire

-Independence Day

-Knowing

-When Worlds Collide

-The Day After Tomorrow

-Percy Jackson and the Olympians, The Lightning Thief

-Fail-Safe

-Elf

Observation Decks/Sky rideThe Empire State Building has two observation decks which are

on the

86th and 102nd floor where people can see the entire New York city.

These decks have amazing views that shows you the sea, parts of the

Statue of Liberty, and the Chrysler Building. The skyride takes about 20

minutes with a pilot who talks about the Empire State Building and talks

a little it about ground zero, where the twin towers use to be. They

might do a small salute or close their eyes and think of the people for

their remembrance.

Bibliography (Pictures)

http://www.mapsofworld.com/travel-destinations/empire-state-building.html

http://www.empirestatebuildingnewyork.com/ http://exploreworldby.blogspot.com/

2010_11_01_archive.html http://libfront.blogspot.com/2007/04/skyscrapers-empire-

state-building.html http://www.gtagaming.com/gtaiv/overview?

information=locations&loc=algonquin http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/blog/content/worlds-

tallest-buildings-part-iii-taipei-tower-101-burj-dubai-1-km-high-club-projects-under-

http://boards.ign.com/teh_vestibule/b5296/192219127/r192219721/

Bibliography (Sites)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_State_Building http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Center http://www.emporis.com/en/bu/sk/st/tp/wo/ http://www.google.ca/ http://www.youtube.com/