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Pierre, a French tourist in New York, wants to go to the Empire State Building. Look at the map below and show him the way.
Now, he is waiting to go up this impressive building. Have a look at the pictures and read some interesting information about it.
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The Empire State Building
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View from the observation deck of the building
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- The Empire State Building is an Art Deco skyscraper in New York city. It is located at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street (see map above)
- Its name comes from the nickname for the State of New York: the Empire State
- It has 102 floors, but only 85 are for commercial and office space.
- It is the tallest building in New York (after 2001) and the third tallest skyscraper in North America.
- It has an indoor and outdoor observation deck on the 86th floor. But it takes less than one minute by elevator to get to it. It offers impressive views of the city (see picture 2). (Note also the famous building "Flatiron" at the top right of the picture)
- Some interesting figures:
- approximately 21,000 employees work in the building
- it has 6,500 windows
- it has 73 elevators
- there are 1,860 steps from street level to the 102nd floor
- the building was completed in 410 days
- its full height is 443 metres
Now it's your turn ⇒
