Empire State Building - View this location on map But to make it worth your while you should go first thing on a weekday - it opens at 9.30am. Otherwise you'll spend half a day in the queue and be so cheesed off you won't care what you see by the time you get to the top. 350 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New York Landmark, Kids, Historical, Architectural Empire State Building - View this location on map This famous skyscraper remains New York's most widely recognized architectural symbol, and was for 40 years the 'tallest building'. Constructed in 1930-31 and beautifully finished in the Art Deco style, it rises one-fifth of a mile high and is an engineering masterpiece supported by an elastic steel skeleton. 350 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York Historical, Architectural

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