ID: 700008580 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008580	Record Type: Built Work
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Empire State Building (skyscraper; William F. Lamb; architectural firm Shreve, Lamb, and Harmo...; 1930-1931 ; New York (New York, United States, North and Central America...)

Note: Art Deco skyscraper that was the world's tallest building for nearly 40 years. The102nd Floor Observatory was originally planned as a check-in area for airships docked at the tower. Name is derived from the nickname of New York, the Empire State. Designed by William F. Lamb from the architectural firm Shreve, Lamb and Harmon, which produced the building drawings in just two weeks, using its earlier designs for the Reynolds Building in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and the Carew Tower in Cincinnati, Ohio (designed by the architectural firm W. W. Ahlschlager & Associates) as a basis.

Titles:

Empire State Building (preferred,C,U,LC,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

skyscraper [300004809] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by form>, <single built works by form: height>, multistory buildings, high-rise buildings)

office building [300007043]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: 1930-1931

Creator Display:

William F. Lamb; architectural firm Shreve, Lamb, and Harmon; structural engineer: Homer G. Balcom; general contractor: Starrett Brothers and Eken [preferred,VP]

owner Empire State Realty Trust (American real estate investment trust, contemporary) [500372626]

architectural firm Shreve, Lamb and Harmon (American architectural partnership, active 1929-1943) [500244828]

structural engineer Balcom, Homer G. (American structural engineer, 1870-1938) [500372627]

contractors Starrett Corporation (American contracting firm, founded 1922) [500372628]

developer Raskob, John J. (American businessman, 1879-1950) [500372629]

architect Lamb, William Frederick (American architect, 1883-1952) [500005350]

Locations:

Current: New York [7007567] New York state (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Address Note: 40°44′54.36″N 73°59′08.36″W ; 350 5th Ave, New York, NY 10118

Display Materials: steel frame construction; clad in Indiana limestone and granite, with the mullions lined in shiny aluminium; spandrels are sandblasted so that tone matches windows, visually creating vertical striping

	steel frame construction [300015341]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, assembling (additive and joining process), construction (assembling), <construction technique by form or materials>)

	Indiana limestone [300011321]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), sedimentary rock, <sedimentary rock by composition>, carbonate rock, limestone, <limestone by composition>, <limestone by composition: aggregate type>, oolitic limestone)

	granite (rock) [300011183]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), igneous rock, <igneous rock by composition>, <igneous rock by composition: chemical>, acid igneous rock)

Dimensions: roof height of 1,250 feet (381 m), with antenna spire 1,454 feet (443 m) high.; 102 stories; length (east-west) 424 ft (129.2 m); width (north-south) 187 ft (57.0 m); floor area 2,248,355 sq ft (208,879 m2); 6,500 windows

Cultures:

American (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Art Deco [300021426] (preferred,style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <modern European styles and movements>)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: institutional, public, commercial, and industrial buildings

Sources and Contributors:
Empire State Building	........ [VP]
	........ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 85042848
	........ Empire State Building [online] (2000-)
	........ NRHP (1950-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Empire State Building [online] (2000-)

....................... NRHP (1950-)

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Empire State Building [online] (2000-)