Building The Empire State

Author : Donald Friedman
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0393730301

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Constructed in 11 months, the Empire State Building was a marvel of modern engineering. Its frame rose more than a story a day--no comparable building since has managed that rate of ascent. In "Building the Empire State", a rediscovered 1930s notebook charts the construction of this crowning achievement. Illustrations.

Author : John Tauranac
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-21
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780801471094

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The Empire State Building by John Tauranac Pdf

The Empire State Building is the landmark book on one of the world’s most notable landmarks. Since its publication in 1995, John Tauranac’s book, focused on the inception and construction of the building, has stood as the most comprehensive account of the structure. Moreover, it is far more than a work in architectural history; Tauranac tells a larger story of the politics of urban development in and through the interwar years. In a new epilogue to the Cornell edition, Tauranac highlights the continuing resonance and influence of the Empire State Building in the rapidly changing post-9/11 cityscape.

Author : Kiel Moe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1940291844

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Author : Lisa Bullard
Publisher : Lerner Digital ™
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781512465228

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The Empire State Building by Lisa Bullard Pdf

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! People come from all over the world to see the Empire State Building. You can see all of New York City from the top of this tall skyscraper! Just how many floors does the Empire State Building have? And how long did it take workers to create this amazing structure? Read this book to find out! Learn about many remarkable sites in the Famous Places series - part of the Lightning Bolt BooksTM collection. With high-energy designs, exciting photos, and fun text, Lightning Bolt BooksTM bring nonfiction topics to life!

Author : Ronald A. Reis
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9781438119373

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The Empire State Building by Ronald A. Reis Pdf

It was to be a structure like no other: the largest and tallest skyscraper in the world. Initial plans for the Empire State Building called for an Art Deco masterwork to rise 1,000 feet, with 80 stories of rental space. The high-rise was to completely fill the 84,000-square-foot site of the former Waldorf-Astoria, then New Yorks most opulent hotel. Hopes were high that the Empire State Building would accelerate Midtown Manhattans stride toward commercial prominence, pulling more business uptown. Built in the early years of the Great Depression, during which one out of four New Yorkers was out of work, the Empire State Buildings construction was thought by many to be a foolish undertaking. Yet, it was completed under budget and ahead of schedule, and the commercial colossus has stood through good times and bad as a symbol of daring, beauty, and American invention.

Author : Janet B. Pascal,Who HQ
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015-05-19
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780698412170

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Where Is the Empire State Building? by Janet B. Pascal,Who HQ Pdf

New York City boasts one of the most famous skylines in the world, and the Empire State Building is undeniably the focal point of this incredible view. At 102 stories, the structure was no small feat. In fact, its construction coincided with the onset of the Great Depression, and so progress was met with numerous setbacks. Still, because of the efficiency that went into the building's development, it only took a year and forty-five days to complete! In this informative, easy-to-read account, Janet B. Pascal describes the rise of skyscrapers in the United States, the intricacies of the groundbreaking construction process, and the effect the iconic Empire State Building continues to have today.

Author : Deborah Hopkinson
Publisher : Schwartz & Wade
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-28
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780307983213

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Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building by Deborah Hopkinson Pdf

This Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Book and ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book provides a riveting brick-by-brick account of how one of the most amazing accomplishments in American architecture came to be. It’s 1930 and times are tough for Pop and his son. But look! On the corner of 34th Street and 5th Avenue, a building straight and simple as a pencil is being built in record time. Hundreds of men are leveling, shoveling, hauling. They’re hoisting 60,000 tons of steal, stacking 10 million bricks, eating lunch in the clouds. And when they cut ribbon and the crowds rush in, the boy and his father will be among the first to zoom up to the top of the tallest building in the world and see all of Manhattan spread at their feet.

Author : David Macaulay
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1987-10-26
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780547348414

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Unbuilding by David Macaulay Pdf

“In this wonderfully urbane fantasy” the Caldecott Medal-winning author and illustrator imagines the process of dismantling the Empire State Building (Publishers Weekly). The acclaimed author of City and Pyramid now applies his inquisitive mind and stunningly detailed artwork to one of New York’s most iconic buildings. When the Empire State Building is purchased by an eccentric prince who wants to move it to the Arabian Desert, the intricate process of unbuilding begins. Along the way, Macaulay takes young readers on a tour of the skyscraper’s history and architecture and explains the many feats of engineering that went into its construction. His straightforward, informative text is illustrated with “perhaps the finest series of visually expansive, black-and-white perspective drawings, incisive renderings of the skyscraper and its celebrated ‘views’” (The Washington Post).

Author : Geraldine B. Wagner
Publisher : Thunder Bay Press (CA)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1592231055

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Thirteen Months to Go by Geraldine B. Wagner Pdf

The Empire State Building, a construction fear that to this day invokes awe and wonder, began as a contest between two industrial moguls who croved the status of constructing the tallest building in the world. The building was the center of a "race to the skies" competition between Walter Chrysler, of the Chrysler Corporation, and John Jakob Raskob, creator of General Motors, and coincided with the onset of one of the worst economic downturns in American history -- the Great Depression. Thirteen Months to Go encompasses the optimism and potential of 1920s New York. It is a wonderful tribute to the perseverance of New Yorkers and on amazing story of fortitude and ambition.

Author : Brian Phillips Murphy
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780812247169

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Building the Empire State by Brian Phillips Murphy Pdf

Focusing on the state of New York, home to the first American banks, utilities, canals, and transportation infrastructure projects, Building the Empire State examines the origins of American capitalism by tracing how and why business corporations were first introduced into the economy of the early republic.

Author : Elizabeth Mann
Publisher : Mikaya Press
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781931414067

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Empire State Building by Elizabeth Mann Pdf

Discusses the history, design, and construction of New York City's Empire State Building.

Author : Lewis Wickes Hine
Publisher : Prestel Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Construction workers
ISBN : 3791324918

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The Empire State Building by Lewis Wickes Hine Pdf

A collection of black-and-white photographs that document the construction of the Empire State Building, completed in 1931, with information about photographer Lewis W. Hine.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1543005292

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The Empire State Building by Anonim Pdf

Author : Gini Holland
Publisher : Raintree
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : New York (N.Y.)
ISBN : 0817249192

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The Empire State Building by Gini Holland Pdf

Chronicles the building of the world famous skyscraper, describes its occupants, and explores its popularity in films.

Author : Carol Willis
Publisher : WW Norton
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2007-03-27
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0393732312

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Building The Empire State by Carol Willis Pdf

A rediscovered 1930s notebook charts the construction of the Empire State Building. The construction of the Empire State Building was orchestrated by general contractors Starrett Brothers and Eken, premier "skyline builders" of the 1920s. They scheduled the delivery of materials and the construction and recorded daily the number of workers by trade. Compiled from these records, an in-house notebook documented the construction process. Meticulously typed on graph paper and illustrated with construction photographs, this unique document combines a professional specificity of detail with a charming rhapsody to the firm's crowning achievement. Constructed in eleven months, the 1250-foot Empire State Building, the world's tallest skyscraper from 1931 to 1971, was a marvel of modern engineering. The frame rose more than a story a day; no comparable building since has matched that rate of ascent.