PlaceViewpoint
Empire State Building
The 1931 tower that held the world's tallest title for forty years; two observatories still look out over the grid.
Source: Terratlasia Editorial
40.75° N, 73.99° W
Facts
Identity
- Opened
- 1931
- Wikidata · P571 · checked 2026-09-16
- Architect
- Shreve, Lamb & Harmon
- Wikidata · P84 · checked 2026-09-16
- Architectural style
- Art Deco architecture
- Wikidata · P149 · checked 2026-09-16
- Materials
- brick · cement · limestone · steel
- Wikidata · P186 · checked 2026-09-16
Visiting
- Typical visit
- 90 min
- Terratlasia Editorial · tahmin · checked 2026-09-16 · estimate
Opening hours and admission prices are not shown: this atlas has no current, permissively licensed source for them. Each place links to its official site, where those are correct.
On a route 2
Editorial selection from the city guide
Stop 2 of 7
One of 8 · with Brooklyn Bridge, High Line, Washington Square Park
Nearby 5
Straight-line distance, not travel time
- Grand Central Terminal0.9 kmArchitecture
- Times Square1 km
- Rockefeller Center1.3 kmLandmark
- Museum of Modern Art1.6 kmArt Museum
- High Line1.6 kmPark
Same category 2
Viewpoint · same city
Sources
- Terratlasia Editorialproprietary
- WikidataCC0-1.0
- Wikimedia CommonsCC BY-SA 2.0
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