Empire State Building, Fifth Avenue and 34th Street - southwest corner. Photo marked "1976." Empire State Building built: 1929-1931. Architects: Shreve, Lamb & Harmon. Chief designer: William Lamb. The 1,250 foot tall skyscraper has a massive 5 story base topped by a soaring tower and capped by a metal mast. Added together from the basement to the top of the mast is 102 stories.
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Local Subjects
Empire State Building (New York, N.Y.)
Skyscrapers
Street life
Fifth Avenue (New York, N.Y.)
Office buildings
Architecture, Modern
Limestone
Steel
Murray Hill Neighborhood (New York, N.Y.)
Note
1929-1931
Raskob, John J. (John Jakob), 1879-1950
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