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[[Image:480px-Manhattan at Dusk by slonecker.jpg|right|thumb|The Empire State Building was the world's tallest building from 1931 to 1972.]]
[[Image:480px-Manhattan at Dusk by slonecker.jpg|right|thumb|The Empire State Building was the world's tallest building from 1931 to 1972.]]
The '''Empire State Building''' is a privately owned office building completed in 1931 during the [[Great Depression]] as the tallest building in the world, a distinction it enjoyed for decades until it was surpassed by the [[World Trade Center]] in 1972. It is the tallest building in New York City. To this day the Empire State Building is considered by a random poll of Americans to be their favorite piece of American architecture.<ref>http://www.aia.org/press2_template.cfm?pagename=release_020707_150Buildings</ref> It is also considered the most fire-proof building in America. <ref>http://vincentdunn.com/wtc.html</ref> Architect [[William F. Lamb]] (1883 – 1952) was the principal designer.
The '''Empire State Building''' is a privately owned office building completed in 1931 during the [[Great Depression]] as the tallest building in the world, a distinction it enjoyed for decades until it was surpassed by the [[World Trade Center]] in 1972. It is the tallest building in New York City. To this day the Empire State Building is considered by a random poll of Americans to be their favorite piece of American architecture.<ref>http://www.aia.org/press2_template.cfm?pagename=release_020707_150Buildings</ref> It is also considered the most fire-proof building in America.<ref>http://vincentdunn.com/wtc.html</ref> Architect [[William F. Lamb]] (1883 – 1952) was the principal designer.
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Shreve, Laub, and Harmon. The "tallest building" when it was finished in April 1931, it lost
Shreve, Laub, and Harmon. The "tallest building" when it was finished in April 1931, it lost
its title in the 1970's to both Chicago's Sear's Tower and the World Trade Center in New
its title in the 1970's to both Chicago's Sear's Tower and the World Trade Center in New
York. It remains, however, New York city's most widely recognized architectural symbol. <ref> [http://www.nps.gov/nhl/designations/samples/ny/empire.pdf The Empire State Building.] </ref>
York. It remains, however, New York city's most widely recognized architectural symbol.<ref>[http://www.nps.gov/nhl/designations/samples/ny/empire.pdf The Empire State Building.]</ref>
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