Empire State Building New York, USA : Architecture

Celebrated 20th Century skyscraper - Art Deco style Empire State Building Address: 350 Fifth Avenue, New York Location: Midtown Date built: 1931 Design: Shreve, Lamb & Harmon, Architects New York skyscraper photos: Andrew McRae, 2007 381m high skyscraper, Art Deco architecture - especially the tower interior, famous New York landmark. New York skyscraper images: Andrew McRae, 2007 View of Empire State Building from distance: New York skyscraper photo: Andrew McRae, 2007 Empire State Tower : New York Skyscraper Key New York Skyscrapers Chrysler Building 405 Lexington Avenue 1930 William Van Alen, Architect Chrysler Building This enigmatic New York building is 318m high, an Art Deco skyscraper that is a world-famous symbol for New York. Tallest building globally on completion, taking over from the Eiffel Tower. It obviously was also the tallest building in New York until the Empire State Building was completed the following year. Refurbished 1995. Rockefeller Center 5th - 7th Avenue; 47th - 51st Street, Midtown, New York 1932-40 Raymond Hood, Architect photograph © Andrew McRae Rockefeller Center The home of the beautiful ice rink, supreme luxury of the Rainbow Rooms, and the Radio City Music Hall Seagram Building 375 Park Avenue, New York 1954-58 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Architect; Philip Johnson Seagram Building Ten Key New York buildings, chronological: 1. Statue of Liberty, Liberty Island, New York Frederic Bartholdi 2. Flatiron Building Daniel Burnham, Architect 3. Pennsylvania Station McKim, Mead & White, Architects 4. Chrysler Building William Van Alen, Architect 5. Empire State Building Shreve, Lamb & Harmon, Architects 6. Rockefeller Center Raymond Hood, Architect 7. Guggenheim Museum Frank Lloyd Wright Architects 8. Seagram Building Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Architect 9. TWA Building, New York Airport Eero Saarinen, Architect 10. Whitney Museum Marcel Breuer, Architect