Empire State Building

skyscraper located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, USA
Place office_building Q9188
Empire State Building
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Empire State Building

Summary

Empire State Building is an office building[1]. It ranks in the top 0.28% of office_building entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,061 views/month, #1 of 354).[2]

Key Facts

  • Empire State Building is located in Manhattan[3].
  • Empire State Building is in the country of United States[4].
  • Empire State Building's image is recorded as Empire State Building (aerial view).jpg[5].
  • Empire State Building's image is recorded as Empire State Building from Rockefeller Center (51197886181) (cropped).jpg[6].
  • Empire State Building's instance of is recorded as office building[7].
  • Empire State Building's instance of is recorded as skyscraper[8].
  • Empire State Building's instance of is recorded as tourist attraction[9].
  • Empire State Building's architect is recorded as Shreve, Lamb & Harmon[10].
  • Empire State Building's owned by is recorded as Empire State Realty Trust[11].
  • Empire State is named after Empire State Building[12].
  • Empire State Building's architectural style is recorded as Art Deco architecture[13].
  • Empire State Building's logo image is recorded as Esb-logo-oneline.svg[14].
  • Empire State Building's made from material is recorded as steel[15].
  • Empire State Building's made from material is recorded as limestone[16].
  • Empire State Building's made from material is recorded as brick[17].
  • Empire State Building's made from material is recorded as cement[18].
  • Empire State Building's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 230439460[19].
  • Empire State Building's GND ID is recorded as 4284884-2[20].
  • Empire State Building's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85042848[21].
  • Empire State Building's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 124211707[22].
  • Empire State Building's location is recorded as Midtown Manhattan[23].
  • Empire State Building's postal code is recorded as 10118[24].
  • Empire State Building's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00953740[25].
  • Empire State Building's part of is recorded as Seven Wonders of the Modern World[26].
  • Empire State Building's has use is recorded as office[27].

Body

Geography

Empire State Building is in the country of United States[4]. It is located in Manhattan[3]. Its part of is recorded as Seven Wonders of the Modern World[26].

Physical Characteristics

Empire State Building's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q857027', 'amount': '+2248355'}[28].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include office building[7], skyscraper[8], and tourist attraction[9]. Heritage statuses include National Historic Landmark[29], National Register of Historic Places listed place[30], New York City Landmark[31], and New York State Register of Historic Places listed place[32].

History and Context

+1931-05-08T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Empire State Building[33]. Its owned by is recorded as Empire State Realty Trust[11]. Empire State is named after it[12].

Why It Matters

Empire State Building ranks in the top 0.28% of office_building entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,061 views/month, #1 of 354).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [3] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . books.google.com. books.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . emporis.com. emporis.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] . books.google.com. books.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . commercialobserver.com. commercialobserver.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . skyscrapercenter.com. Retrieved . skyscrapercenter.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [33] . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] . National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] . wikidata.org.
  31. [28] . skyscrapercenter.com. Retrieved . skyscrapercenter.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Ælfgar · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Number of elevators {'amount': '+73'}
    Inception
    Category for the view from the item Category:Views from the Empire State Building
    Coordinate location {'lat': 40.748333333333335, 'lon': -73.98555555555555}
    + 38 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P18]]: Empire State Building (aerial view).jpg"
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