EMPIRE

S TAT E
BUILDING
ABOUT
 102-story „Art Deco” skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.
 Designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon.
 Construction started: March 17, 1930
Completed: April 11, 1931
Opening: May 1, 1931
 The building has a roof height of 380 m and stands a total of 443.2 m tall,
including its antenna.
 Tower has been named as one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World by the
American Society of Civil Engineers.
 CONSTRUCTION
 Materials used:
 60 000 tons of steel
 10 million bricks
 Marble of different types
 6 500 windows
 FUNDATION: 16,7 m below ground
 1,886 km) of elevator cable and 609,600 m of electrical wires
 COST : $ 555 million in todays American dollars.
INTERIOR
 internal volume of 1,000,000 m3.
 73 elevators
 The original main lobby is accessed from
Fifth Avenue, on the building's east side, and
contains an entrance with one set of double
doors between a pair of revolving doors.
 Each of the floors has 210 structural
columns that pass through it, which provide
structural stability, but limits the amount of
open space on these floors
DARK SIDE OF ESB
 1945 plane crash
 2000 ELEVATOR PLUNGE
 SUICIDE ATTEMPTS
 SHOOTINGS
IMAGE AND TEXT SOURCES
 https://wallpapercave.com
 https://www.esbnyc.com
 https://www.history.com
 https://en.wikipedia.org
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
Mateo Peruško IV. AT 2019/2020