ENGLISH

The Empire State Building

By Ronald A. Reis

Book information

Publisher
Chelsea House Publications
Year
2009
ISBN
1604130458, 9781604130454, 9781438119373
LCC
F128.8.E46 R45 2009
Open Library ID
OL16910598M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
30 MB (31678497 bytes)
Series
Building America: Then and Now
Edition
1
Pages
145\145
Library
avaxhome.ws
Time added
2010-05-31 15:29:46

Description

It was to be a structure like no other - the largest and tallest skyscraper in the world. Initial plans for the Empire State Building called for an Art Deco masterwork to rise 1,000 feet, with 80 stories of rental space. The high-rise was to completely fill the 84,000-square-foot site of the former Waldorf-Astoria, then New York's most opulent hotel. The Empire State Building would, hopefully, accelerate Midtown's stride toward commercial prominence, pulling more business uptown. Built in the early years of the Great Depression, during which one out of four New Yorkers was out of work, the Empire State Building's construction was thought by many to be a foolish undertaking. Yet, it was completed under budget and ahead of schedule, and the new commercial colossus would stand to see a new day dawning - for New York, for America, and for the world.

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