In a 1932 survey of 50 American architects, fourteen ranked the Empire State Building as the United States' best building; the Empire State Building received more votes than any building except the Lincoln Memorial.

Lunch atop a Skyscraper is a black-and-white photograph taken on September 20, 1932, of eleven ironworkers sitting on a steel beam of the RCA Building, 850 feet (260 meters) above the ground during the construction of Rockefeller Center in Manhattan, New York City.

帝国大厦（Empire State Building），是竣工于1931年4月11日的高层建筑物，是美国纽约的地标建筑物之一。它位于曼哈顿第五大道350号、西33街与西34街之间。帝国大厦是保持世界最高建筑地位最久的摩天大楼（1931-1972共41年）。

The American Society of Civil Engineers selects the Empire State Building as one of the seven greatest engineering achievements in America’s history, ranking it alongside the Hoover Dam and Panama Canal – one of many distinctions the building has received over the years.

2023年4月18日 · Taken during construction of New York's Rockefeller Center on September 20, 1932, "Lunch Atop A Skyscraper" remains one of American history's most iconic photos. Many mistakenly believe that this photo was shot atop the Empire State Building, but it was actually taken during the construction of Rockefeller Center.

2023年8月15日 · The iconic photograph known as “Lunch Atop a Skyscraper” captures a moment frozen in time, taken on September 20, 1932. In this black-and-white image, eleven intrepid ironworkers find themselves seated upon a steel beam, soaring 850 feet (260 meters) above the bustling streets of Manhattan, New York City.

The Empire State Building is located on the west side of Fifth Avenue, between West 33rd and 34th streets. It was completed in 1931 and was the world's tallest building until 1970. Its antenna, with 68 meters, was later added in 1950.

2021年4月30日 · The Empire State Building is an embodiment of the explosion of commercial real estate spurred by the World War I recovery period and booming late 1920s economy, according to Carol Willis,...

Empire State Building photographs, 1932 Scope and Contents One photograph of the Empire State Building, and one photograph depicting the uppermost part of the structure.

The 102-story Empire State Building in New York City was the product of a competition between Walter Chrysler, of the Chrysler Corporation, and John Jakob Raskob, of General Motors, to see who could build the tallest skyscraper.