Empire State Building elevator, Manhattan, New York, United States, North America
The Empire State Building is a 102-story skyscraper located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. It has a roof height of 1,250 feet (381 meters), and with its antenna spire included, it stands a total of 1,454 ft (443.2 m) high. Its name is derived from the nickname for New York, the Empire State. It stood as the world's tallest building for 40 years, from its completion in 1931 until construction of the World Trade Center's North Tower was completed in 1972. Following the September 11 attacks in 2001, the Empire State Building was again the tallest building in New York (although it was no longer the tallest in the US or the world), until One World Trade Center reached a greater height on April 30, 2012. The Empire State Building is currently the third-tallest completed skyscraper in the United States (after the Willis Tower and Trump International Hotel and Tower, both in Chicago), and the 22nd-tallest in the world (the tallest now is Burj Khalifa, located in Dubai). It is also the fourth-tallest freestanding structure in the Americas. The Empire State Building is generally thought of as an American cultural icon. It is designed in the distinctive Art Deco style and has been named as one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World by the American Society of Civil Engineers. The building and its street floor interior are designated landmarks of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, and confirmed by the New York City Board of Estimate. It was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1986. In 2007, it was ranked number one on the List of America's Favorite Architecture according to the AIA. The building is owned by the 2800 investors in Empire State Building Associates L.L.C. The Empire State Building is currently undergoing a $550 million renovation, with $120 million spent in an effort to transform the building into a more energy efficient and eco-friendly structure. Receiving a gold Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating in September 2011, the Empire State Building is the tallest LEED certified building in the United States. The site of the Empire State Building was first developed as the John Thompson Farm in the late 18th century. At the time, a stream ran across the site, emptying into Sunfish Pond, located a block away. Beginning in the late 19th century, the block was occupied by the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, frequented by The Four Hundred, the social elite of New York. The limestone for the Empire State Building came from the Empire Mill in Sanders, Indiana which is an unincorporated town adjacent to Bloomington, Indiana. The Empire Mill Land office is near State Road 37 and Old State Road 37 just south of Bloomington. Bloomington, Bedford and Oolitic area are known as the limestone capital of the world. It is a point of local pride that the stone for the Empire State building came from there. The Empire State Building was designed by William F. Lamb from the architectural firm Shreve, Lamb and Harmon, which produced the building drawings in just two weeks, using its earlier designs for the Reynolds Building in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and the Carew Tower in Cincinnati, Ohio (designed by the architectural firm W. W. Ahlschlager & Associates) as a basis. Every year the staff of the Empire State Building sends a Father's Day card to the staff at the Reynolds Building in Winston-Salem to pay homage to its role as predecessor to the Empire State Building. The building was designed from the top down. The general contractors were The Starrett Brothers and Eken, and the project was financed primarily by John J. Raskob and Pierre S. du Pont. The construction company was chaired by Alfred E. Smith, a former Governor of New York and James Farley's General Builders Supply Corporation supplied the building materials. John W. Bowser was project construction superintendent. Excavation of the site began on January 22, 1930, and construction on the building itself started symbolically on March 17 St. Patrick's Day per Al Smith's influence as Empire State, Inc. president. The project involved 3,400 workers, mostly immigrants from Europe, along with hundreds of Mohawk iron workers, many from the Kahnawake reserve near Montreal. According to official accounts, five workers died during the construction. Governor Smith's grandchildren cut the ribbon on May 1, 1931. Lewis Wickes Hine's photography of the construction provides not only invaluable documentation of the construction, but also a glimpse into common day life of workers in that era. A worker bolts beams during construction; the Chrysler Building can be seen in the background. The construction was part of an intense competition in New York for the title of world's tallest building.
Budget Host Inn & Suites in Lancaster PA
Reserve: . . .. .. ... . . . . . . . . . Budget Host Inn & Suites 2100 Lincoln Highway East Lancaster PA 17602 Offering a free hot buffet breakfast, Budget Host Inn & Suites is in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Free Wi-Fi access is available. The property features an indoor water park. Air-conditioned rooms here includes cable TV with HBO. A refrigerator and ironing facilities are also provided. Private bathrooms feature a bathtub or shower. At Budget Host Inn & Suites there is a 24-hour front desk. Other facilities include a fitness center, a business center and meeting rooms. The hotel is adjacent to the Caribbean Indoor Water Park. Lancaster County Park is an 11-minute drive away.
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Comfort Inn Cockatoo Near LAX, Hawthorne Hotels - California
Comfort Inn Cockatoo Near LAX 2 Stars Hawthorne, California Within US Travel Directory Offering free airport shuttle service to nearby Los Angeles International Airport, this hotel in Hawthorne, California Within US Travel Directory is near Interstate 105, minutes from Hollywood Park Racetrack.
Comfort Inn Cockatoo near Lax provides guests with a free continental breakfast every morning. In the afternoon, guests can go for a swim in the outdoor heated pool or take advantage of the free wireless internet access throughout the hotel.
Guestrooms at the Cockatoo Comfort Inn near LAX feature flat-screen TVs and pillow-top mattresses. Guests can make a cup of coffee with the in-room coffeemaker or do some work at the desk.
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Comfort Inn Cockatoo Near LAX, 11500 Acacia Avenue CA 90250, USA
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