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Empire state By Pablo Gerard Xavier April 2013

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  • 1. Empire stateByPabloGerardXavierApril 2013

2. characteristics It was the tallest building in the world Now it isnt the tallest building The construction started at 1929 and itfinished at 1931 It cost $ 40, 948, 900 The empire state is an expensivebuilding 3. Design and contruction Management: W&H Properties Architect: Shreve, Lamb and Harmon Developer: John J. Raskob Structural engineer: Homer GageBalcom Main contractor: Starrett Brothers andEken 4. Opening The buildingsopening coincidedwith the GreatDepression in theUnited States, and asa result much of itsoffice space wasinitially unrented. 5. curiosities In this building manyfilms have been shotin the Empire Statelike king kong,spiderman and lot ofothers films 6. tourists Is a place that fallsmilion tourists,because is 443,2metres tall and ithas got 102 floors. 7. At the night At the night the lightsof the empire stateopens and it is verybeautiful to see. This is an othercharacteristic becausethe people go to see. 8. The end