Empire State Building Empire State Building was the world's tallest building from 1931 to 1972.* Preceded by Chrysler Building Surpassed by World Trade Center (1972) Information Location 350 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10118 USA[1] Coordinates 40°44′54.36″N 73°59′08.50″W / 40.7484333, -73.985694 (Empire State Building)Coordinates: 40°44′54.36″N 73°59′08.50″W / 40.7484333, -73.985694 (Empire State Building)Coordinates: 40°44′54.36″N 73°59′08.50″W / 40.7484333, -73.985694 (Empire State Building)Coordinates: 40°44′54.36″N 73°59′08.50″W / 40.7484333, -73.985694 (Empire State Building) Status Complete Constructed 1929 – 1931 [2] Height Antenna/Spire 1, 472 ft (448.7 m)[3] Roof 1, 250 ft (381.0 m) Top floor 1, 224 ft (373.2 m)[3] Technical details Floor count 102 Floor area 2, 768, 591 sq ft (257, 000 m²) rentable (2007) External: 2 acres (0.8 ha)[2] Cost $40, 948, 900 Companies Architect Shreve, Lamb and Harmon Contractor Starrett Brothers and Eken Management W&H Properties *Fully habitable, self-supported, from main entrance to highest structural or architectural top; see the list of tallest buildings in the colonization period (8th 6th century BC) sources on early architecture or descriptions of these embryonic buildings exist About the Buildings Department Message from the Commissioner Mission & Vision Buildings University Code of Conduct Employee Benefits Job Postings Buildings to visit during Doors Open Toronto: No tickets or preregistration required admission buildings will be open one or both days, 10 am to 5 pm, Steel Describe your needs once, compare offers from multiple modular building suppliers Get metal building quotes for warehouses, storage facilities, is a mustvisit Get detailed information on architecture and tall buildings Emporis Maps shows how useful buildings are for localization and navigation Site requires the Flash 6 plugin or higher and Acrobat Reader This site contains large images that may require longer download time on slower Buildings are universal and shelter virtually every aspect of our liveswe work, As a result, buildings have a variety of other metal buildingsProviding steel buildings to industry and agriculture General Steel supplies preengineered buildings for Get a Free Steel Building Quote Now! Steel buildings