Art Deco skyscrapers: Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, Rockefeller Center, Chicago Board of Trade Building, The Mutual Building, Cape Town, Édifice Price, Washington Athletic Club, United Shopping Tower, Penobscot Building, Fisher Building

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 60. Chapters: Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, Rockefeller Center, Chicago Board of Trade Building, The Mutual Building, Cape Town, Édifice Price, Washington Athletic Club, United Shopping Tower, Penobscot Building, Fisher Building, Guardian Building, Carew Tower, Gledden Building, Louisiana State Capitol, 1501 Broadway, 32 Avenue of the Americas, Aldred Building, Alfred E. Smith Building, Palmolive Building, Kavanagh building, Niagara Mohawk Building, Pittsfield Building, David Stott Building, Saint Paul City Hall and Ramsey County Courthouse, Home Savings Bank Building, Continental Life Building, Southern New England Telephone Company Administration Building, Carbide & Carbon Building, Exchange Building, AT&T Huron Road Building, Cincinnati Times-Star Building, Boerentoren, LaSalle-Wacker Building, Southern Bell Telephone Company Building, Reynolds Arcade, Prudential, Warsaw, Résidence de la Cambre. Excerpt: The Empire State Building is a 102-story landmark in New York City, United States, at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. It is 1,250 ft (381 meters) tall. Its name is derived from the nickname for New York, the Empire State. It stood as the world's tallest building for 40 years, from its completion in 1931 until construction of the World Trade Center's North Tower was completed in 1972. Following the destruction of the World Trade Center in 2001, the Empire State Building once again became the tallest building in New York City. The Empire State Building has been named by the American Society of Civil Engineers as one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World. The building and its street floor interior are designated landmarks of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, and confirmed by the New York City Board of Estimate. It was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1986. In 2007, it was ranked number one on the List of America's Favorite Architecture according to the AIA. The building is owned and managed by W&H Properties. The Empire State Building is currently the third tallest skyscraper in the United States (after the Willis Tower and Trump International Hotel and Tower, both in Chicago), and the 15th tallest in the world. It is also the fourth tallest freestanding structure in the Americas. The Empire State Building is currently undergoing a $550 million renovation, with $120 million utilized in an effort to transform the building into a more energy efficient and eco-friendly structure. The site of the Empire State Building was first developed as the John Thompson Farm in the late 18th century. At the time, a stream ran across the site, emptying into Sunfish Pond, located a block away. Beginning in the late 19th century the block was occupied by the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, frequented by The Four Hundred, the social elite of New York. The Empire State Building was designed by William F. Lamb from the architectural firm Shre