Wonders3 - Empire State Building

Title

Empire State Building

Latitude

40.74831

Longitude

-73.98592

Place

New York, NY

Geocoding Status

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World_Time

Modern

Image_Url

/thumbnails/Empire.png

Link_Url

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_State_Building

Brief

The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in New York, NY on the intersection of 5th Ave and W 34th Street. Its name is derived from the nickname for the state of New York. It stood as the world's tallest building for more than forty ye

Year_Constructed

1931

Description

The building's opening coincided with the Great Depression in the United States, and as a result much of its office space went unrented. In its first year of operation, the observation deck took in over a million dollars, as much as its owners made in ren

Description_2

Over the years, more than thirty people have committed suicide from atop the building.[11] The fence around the observatory terrace was put up in 1947 after five people tried to jump over a three-week span.[12] In 1979, Elvita Adams jumped from the 86th f

Tooltips

<img width='55px' height='38px' src='http://wondersoftheworld.idvsolutions.com/Shared%20Documents/thumbnails/Empire.png'> Empire State Building Type: Modern Location: New York, NY Built: 1931

Details

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 Modern</td>
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 The building's opening coincided with the Great Depression in the United States, and as a result much of its office space went unrented. In its first year of operation, the observation deck took in over a million dollars, as much as its owners made in ren</td>
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 Over the years, more than thirty people have committed suicide from atop the building.[11] The fence around the observatory terrace was put up in 1947 after five people tried to jump over a three-week span.[12] In 1979, Elvita Adams jumped from the 86th f</td>
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 Wikipedia</a>
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LargeImage

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