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Equitable Life Building
8 floors with an elevator. Considered as the world's first skyscraper : 130 feet (40 m) high. -
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New York World Building
20 story high : about 309 ft (94.18 m) high. It was designed by architect George Browne Post. -
Singer Building
47 story high (612 ft, = 168 m high): It was the tallest building in the world from 1908 to 1909. -
Woolworth Building
57 floors. The Woolworth Building was designed in the neo-Gothic style by the architect Cass Gilbert. It was the the company headquarters on Broadway.(792 ft = 241 m high) -
Chrysler Building
The Chrysler Building is the Art Deco icon, located on the East Side of Midtown Manhattan. It is the tallest brick building in the world with a steel framework. -
Empire State Building
The Empire State Building is a 102-story skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and completed in 1931, the building stands a total of 1,454 feet (443.2 m) tall. Its name is derived from "Empire State", the nickname of New York. It became worldwide famous thanks to the movie King Kong.It was the world's tallest building for nearly 40 years until the completion of the World Trade Center's North Tower in 1970. -
World Trade Center
The original World Trade Center was a large complex of seven buildings in Lower Manhattan. It features the famours nad historical landmark Twin Towers. They opened on April 4, 1973 and were destroyed in 2001 during the September 11 attacks.
They were the tallest buildings in the world at a height of 1,362 feet (415.1 m). -
One World Trade Center
One WTC is the tallest building in the United States. It opened on November 3, 2014, reaching a total height of 1,776 feet (541 m).
