Empire+State

Empire State Building by Irene Trujillo

**__ 1.- DESCRIPTION __** = Empire State Building to become the strongest emotion in the world to move to his legendary observation deck on the hills, about 400 feet above Fifth Avenue. From thereyou can see some breathtaking panoramas: roofs, streets and alleys secret New York metropolitan area stretching into the distance lost in four different neighboring states. = =** Made of: ** glass,stone,chamfered corner,radio mast, steel mullion,flush window = = Frame: Rectangular = 
 * Built: Year of construction: 1931 to 1972
 * **Location:New York, America, USA **
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> = The Empire State Building was the first building to have more than 100 floors. It has 6,500 windows and 73 elevators, and there are 1,860 steps from street level to the 102nd floor. It has a total floor area of 2,768,591 sq ft (257,211 m2); the base of the Empire State Building is about 2 acres (8,094 m2). The building houses 1,000 businesses and has its own zip code, 10118. As of 2007, approximately 21,000 employees work in the building each day, making the Empire State Building the second-largest single office complex in America =
 * **Short information about the structure (history, dimensions...) **
 * = The Empire State Building rises to 1,250 ft (381 m) at the 102nd floor, and including the 203 ft (62 m) pinnacle, its full height reaches 1,453 ft–89⁄16 in (443.09 m). The building has 85 stories of commercial and office space representing 2,158,000 sq ft (200,500 m2). It has an indoor and outdoor observation deck on the 86th floor. The remaining 16 stories represent the Art Deco tower, which is capped by a 102nd-floor observatory. Atop the tower is the 203 ft (62 m) pinnacle, much of which is covered by broadcast antennas, with a lightning rod at the very top. =


 * __2.- WHAT ARE THE MAIN FUNCTIONS OR USES OF THE STRUCTURE? __**

= The empire state is visting of 10-20 thousand people at dealy. Is a tourist attractio and is a driver-ray .=

= Steel, aluminum, concrete. = = The frame is made with 60,000 tons of steel and built in 23 weeks and has 102apartments, in the latter there is a viewpoint. Aluminum panels were used instead of stone, around 6500 windows. The steel hides therough edges of the facade. Ten million bricks were used to coat the entire building. More than 200 concrete and steel pillars support the building of 365,000 tonnes. The Empire State was planned with 86 plants, but then added a mooring mast forzeppelins, 46 meters. Today, from the mast is broadcast radio and television to the city and four states. =
 * __3.- WHAT DIFFERENT PARTS ARE THERE? Elements of the structure... __**
 * __4.- WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS MADE OF? __** **CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS USED ** //: //


 * __5.- STRESSES IN THE STRUCTURE __****: **


 * (you __have to add a picture__ of the stresses that affects the main elements of the structure!) **


 * __6.- STABILITY, RIGIDITY AND RESISTANCE __**
 * **This structure is made rigid by : steel **
 * **<span style="background-color: white; color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 9.5pt;">This structure is made stable by : concrete **
 * **<span style="background-color: white; color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 9.5pt;">This structure is made resistant by :aluminum **


 * __<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 18.6667px;">7.- Picture Gallery __**

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 * __<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">9.- CURIOSITIES __**

Is the king kong film in 1933, it's a very famous film, is the firts movie recorde on the empire state:
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= The elevator goes up 102 floors in 1 minute: = media type="custom" key="17048416" = first thought to 38 plants, but eventually became 102. = = = = the Empire State Building is a very old building, I and ido and views that are seen in NewYork are beautiful. People take many pictures, and is also quite famous tourist place in New York =
 * __<span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">10.- PERSONAL COMMENTS __**

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