The Empire State Building is one of the tallest and most historic skyscrapers in the world.
It is located in New York and has 102 floors.
It was the tallest skyscraper in the world for 41 years. From 1931 when it was built until 1972 when the tower of the World Trade Center was built.
Designed by Gregory Johnson and funded by John Raskob.
It was built in just 410 days by 3,400 workers. It costed 41 million USD.
In 1951 it was sold for $ 51 million.
It is 449 meters high and has been declared one of the ‘Seven Wonders of the Modern World’.
Today it is owned by Harold Helmsley. It has 73 elevators and 20,000 people work there.
[Source: el.wikipedia.org]
