The Empire State Building

The race for height started on the island of Manhattan with the build of The Chrysler building,follow by the Empire State building.The architects chosen for this project were Shreve,Lamb and Hartoon.The architectural style for the Empire
State building was low-key art deco.The materials used were steel frame and stone cladding,the construction started in 1929 through 1931.In The Empire State there are 102 stories,which gave him the title of the world tallest building for over 40 years.The Empire State Building lost it's title to the World Trade Center {The Twin Towers] which were completed in 1972. The height of the Empire State building from the floor to it's roof is 381m[1,250fts[.In 1952,an antenna was added on it's roof giving it a height of 449m[1,472fts].They used 70 miles of pipes,2,500,000fts of electrical wire,the building weight's is estimated about 370,000 tons.Floodlights were added to the Empire State building.The lights are turned on every night.Sometimes selected light colors are used to indicate an event or the coming of a season.The first thing that I notice were the rectangular shapes around it .I could barely saw it's spire.I learned that as the height increases it's width decreases.My favorite feature of the Empire State building were the lights.As the sun vanished in the west side,the night is welcome with bright colors that are turned on as custom had done over the years.If there was any change to be make by me, I think that adding the American flag at the very top of the spire will remind the world that New York has the second tallest building on the country.Attacks can be make against any skyscraper but the spirit of building big and believe in freedom won't be change.