Empire State Building

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1. An office building in New York City, over one thousand feet high. Opened in the 1930s, it was for many years the tallest skyscraper in the world.

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The movie monster King Kong climbed this building.

Example Sentences

The building stood as the tallest structure in the world prior to the completion of the Empire State Building in 1931.

From Barron's

Instead of the black polished walls, a kind of observation deck greeted them, like something tourists paid far too much money for up by the Empire State Building.

From Literature

From its mills in Indiana, Pennsylvania, Maryland and New York rolled out the H-beams that held up the Empire State Building.

From The Wall Street Journal

The National Wildlife Federation calculates that we throw away 35 million tons of yard waste a year, which is apparently enough to fill the Empire State Building 135 times.

From The Wall Street Journal

Scenes switch effortlessly from Prague, with its shadowy bridge looming over the Moldau, to a Brooklyn tenement, a busy office, a tony art gallery, and the roof of the Empire State Building.

From The Wall Street Journal