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THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING

• BY KELLY ORTEGA AND ADRIANA SIERRA

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TOPICS

• INTRODUCTION
• HISTORY
• DESCRIPTION
• LOCATION
• HOW TO GET THERE
• WHAT I SAW
• WHAT YOU CAN SEE
• MY OPINION OF THIS PLACE

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INTRODUCTION

• Since 1931,the symbol of New York city
• More than 880 tenants, their businesses the
• heartbeat of the America marketplace.
• The building a lifeline to nourish the companies
• that its 102 floors.

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HISTORY

• CONSTRUCTION Commence March 17, 1930. framework
  rose at rate of 41/2 stories per week.
• MASONRY Completed on November 13, 1930.
• TOTAL TIME One year and 45 days including Sunday
  and holidays .(Ahead of schedule) Opened May 1,
  1931.
• COST 40,948,900(Including land)

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DESCRIPTION

• BASEMENT 35 feet (10.6 meters) below ground.
• LOBBY 47 feet (14.3 meters) above sea level.
• OBSERVATORY To 86th floor, 1050 feet (320
  meters) and To 102nd floor,1,224 feet (373
  meter)
• FLOORS 102.

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LOCATION

• Its located at
• Fifth avenue at 34th street
• New York, NY 10118
• www.esbnyc.com

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HOW TO GET THERE

• By train
• F, train to 34st
• By car
• Drive in to Manhattan via any connection bridge,
  tunnel or road.
• By bus
• From Queens, take the Q32

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WHAT I SAW

• From the West. I saw, Madison Square Garden.
  Across the Hudson the New Jersey landscape
  stretches out past Newark International Airport,
  and playgrounds of Pennsylvanias Pocono
  Mountains.
• From the South. I saw The Statue of Liberty,
  Ellis Island, the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges,
  the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge joining the boroughs
  of Brooklyn and State Island.

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• From the North. I saw. 5th Avenue, Rockefeller
  Center, ST.Patricks Cathedral, Plaza Hotel,
  Central Park, Hudson River, George Washington
  Bride which joins New York and New Jersey.
• From the East. I saw. The Queens Skyline.
  Spanning the river onto Long Island and the
  Triboro, Whitestone and Throgs Neck Bridges,
  providing access to La Guardia and JFK
  International Airports, Williamsburg Bridge
  reaches into Brooklyn.

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WHAT YOU CAN SEE

• On a clear day, you can see the five state
• New York
• New Jersey
• Pennsylvania
• Connecticut
• Massachusetts.

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MY OPINION OF THIS PLACE

• It is a big building.
• Very tall.
• I got nerve on the elevator.
• It has a beautiful city view.
• Everything very well organized.