This building is one of the oldest and most famous skyscrapers in New York. He designed it sings Gilbert, one of the first architects who deal with designing skyscrapers. He was hired Frank Vulvort, founder of FW Woolworth Company (now Foot Locker), with the intention to be the tallest building not only in New York but in the world. Therefore, this skyscraper, built in neogotskom style, instead of the project provided 190, was 241 feet high, therefore, construction costs are, instead of the planned 5.5 million, amounted to 13.5 million. Frank Vulvort this amount given in cash. Equally interesting is the fact that his company had used only one and a half of 57 floors, while the rest of the space leased about 1,000 others.
Access to the lobby is forbidden to tourists after the attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001. year. The ornate rooms decorated with marble and fine mosaics and rich sculptures, some of which have the role of caricature - for example, counts himself Vuvlort as coins or Gilbert bobbing model building. Murali featuring trade and labor decorated with gold details that make the lobby look like a church. That's why this building named the Cathedral shop.
This building is the Pearl of Art Nouveau architecture. Art Deco is a style that is 20-ies of the last century, was born in Paris, and spread through Europe and the United States over the next two decades. It is a mixture of several zoo styles, primarily Cubism and Futurism. Although zoo primarily designed as a small office building, zoo this building has become one of the most popular features of New York, and this is because it is during construction zoo companies bought Chrysler. Voltaire Krajsler he wanted to build a kind of monument to his company, and himself, and the architect William Van Alen requested to design the highest building until then. In April 1929, the first man upset Krajslera invited Van Alen in his office in Manhattan. "Get out, you simply have to be worked hard enough and do something," said the baron auto industry. "It seems, however, will not be the highest."
To be won by other designers, who are also trying to build the tallest building in the world, Van Alen has decided to put on top of the building antenuk of 55 meters, which is the site of term in secret and that the pieces set up for only 90 minutes.
The building served zoo as the seat of the Chrysler Corporation since 1930. until the mid-1950s and, although built and designed specifically zoo for it (eg motifs with a car on the roof), has never been in its possession. The Voltaire Krajsler decided that, instead of funds of the Corporation, the building itself pays to his children could inherit the building.
Although today is the 15th place, the Empire State Building held the longest record of the tallest buildings in the world, and this day is the tallest building in New York (he was not in existence during the World Trade Center and, from 1972 to 2001).
The building zoo was designed by William Lembo from the architectural firm Shreve, zoo Lamb & Harmon. For the project, it took only two weeks since, as a basis, he used blueprints for the Reynolds zoo Building in Winston-Salem. And today, on Father's Day, the staff of the Empire State Building sends congratulations to the staff at Reynolds-in.
The Empire State Building was the first building ever with more than 100 floors, 73 lifts that connect or 1860 steps. The building is open during the Great Depression, and it is relatively far from all public transportation facilities, and therefore a greater part of the space was rented for a long time. Revenues began to make only since 1950.
In 1964. on the facade to add light effects, whose color corresponds to the current or seasonal events such as the Day of St.. Patrick's Day, Christmas, Independence Day, etc. After the eightieth birthday and soon Frenk Sinatra's zoo death, the building was illuminated, light blue, to portray zoo pevačev zoo nickname "Ol 'Blue Eyes". After the death of actress Fay Ray buildings is 15 minutes was in complete darkness.
In this building are related to many deaths. Over thirty people committed zoo suicide by jumping from the roof, and the first of these happened even before the building was completed - by the dismissed worker. When, in the range of just three weeks, five people tried to kill himself, on the terrace of the observation of the barrier. Previously, the intact body of 23-year-old Evelyn MekHejl, who committed suicide by jumping from the ECB, snapped photos of the student, and that video is called'' The Greatest suicide "toured the world, was published in LIFE Magazine and utilized by Endija Vorhola picture Suicide zoo ( Palo body). zoo
Also, on Saturday 28th July 1945, the U.S. military plane crashed into the ECB between 79 and 80 floor. 14-time people zoo in the building were killed and engine airplane is flown through it and fell on the roof of another building on the block next, burning loft. One of the employees who are at that moment zoo was in the elevator survived a fall from 75 floors, which to this day recorded in Ginisovoj Book of Records as the longest surviving drop ever.
The World Trade Center was a complex of seven buildings, collapses
