President Herbert Hoover officially dedicates New York City’s Empire State Building, pressing a button from the White House that turns on the building’s lights.
That still wasn't big enough for ownership. "So they came up with what I describe as the looniest building scheme since theTower of Babel," says Tauranac. "They determined that they would put a dirigible mooring mast atop the building which would take the building to 1,250 feet high."...
The Empire State Building opened in New York City. At 102 stories (381m), it would be the world's tallest building for the next 41 years. *注1 - 帝国大厦这个名字是个翻译错误,应该译为“帝国州大厦”。帝国州是纽约州的旧昵称(Empire State)...
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The Empire State in 1933, looking like a futuristic rocket standing over a city of Beaux-Arts architecture. Library of Congress, cleaned up image Shorpy The Empire State Building — in postcards! (From the collection at the Museum of the City of New York.) You could buy these in the gift...
THE HISTORY: Building the Empire State 来自 EBSCO 喜欢 0 阅读量: 22 作者: A Gelman 摘要: People probably first settled in the area that became New York about 10,000 years ago, after the glaciers that once covered the area had melted. These people are Native Americans, or Indians. With ...
Updated:August 22, 2018|Original:May 30, 2012 copy page linkPrint Page The world-famous Empire State Building is a symbol of New York City and one of the world's most popular tourist attractions. Sign up for Inside History Get HISTORY’s most fascinating stories delivered to your inbox thre...
Skyscraper, a very tall multistoried building. The term skyscraper originally applied to buildings of 10 to 20 stories, but by the late 20th century the term was used to describe high-rise buildings of unusual height, generally greater than 40 or 50 stor