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The Empire State Building. The empire state building was built in the year of 1929, the building was not finished untill the year 1931. Before the building was even built the waldorf Autoria Hotel stood in the place where this huge 103 floor building would soon stand. The building has been constantly remodeled every year to suite the modern Conveniences of the years to come. One Magnificent Fact about this building is that it has two observation facilitys open to the Public on the 86th floor and the 102nd floor, which gives a 360 view of manhattan, and four other states New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Delaware (“Carew”). Questions about the empire state building? How big is the Empire State Building? The empire state building is approximately 1454 feet high, and that includes the 204 foot broadcasting tower that sits ontop of the iconic Empire State Building of New York City. The building weighs in at 365,000 tons, due to the fact that there is an estimated ten million bricks in the whole tower (“Empire Building”). What can the public do there? The Empire State building is mainly Businesses, but it still offers an array of public attractions. There are two Observatories in the tower, one is at the 102nd floor, and the second is on the 86th floor. Theses observatories offer a 360 view of Manhattan, and five other states listed above (“Empire Building”). What are some weird facts about the building? The empire state building has a lot of weird things on it, such as from the very first floor all the way to the top of the 103rd floor there are 1,872 steps. There are also 6,514 windows in the whole building which adds to the significant weight of the building. The last weird fact about the building is that the empire state building was built around the Waldorf Astoria Hotel (“esbnyc”).

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