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Speaker:郝淑红BasicinformationTheEmpireStateBuildingisa102-storyskyscraperlocatedinMidtownManhattan,NewYorkCity,attheintersectionofFifthAvenueandWest34thStreet.Ithasaroofheightof1,250feet(381meters),andwithitsantennaspireincluded,itstandsatotalof1,454ft(443.2m)high.NamedbyItsnameisderivedfromthenicknameforNewYork,theEmpireState.Itstoodastheworld'stallestbuildingfor40years,fromitscompletionin1931untilconstructionoftheWorldTradeCenter'sNorthTowerwascompletedin1972.FollowingtheSeptember11attacksin2001,theEmpireStateBuildingwasagainthetallestbuildinginNewYork(althoughitwasnolongerthetallestintheUSortheworld,Itisturelytheempire’sbuilding.)HistoricalpositionTheEmpireStateBuildingisgenerallythoughtofasanAmericanculturalicon.ItisdesignedinthedistinctiveArtDecostyleandhasbeennamedasoneoftheSevenWondersoftheModernWorldbytheAmericanSocietyofCivilEngineers.ThebuildinganditsstreetfloorinterioraredesignatedlandmarksoftheNewYorkCityLandmarksPreservationCommission,andconfirmedbytheNewYorkCityBoardofEstimate.ItwasdesignatedasaNationalHistoricLandmarkin1986.In2007,itwasrankednumberoneontheListofAmerica‘sFavoriteArchitectureaccordingtotheAIA（美国建筑师联合会）.ConstructionExcavationofthesitebeganonJanuary22,1930,ThebuildingwasofficiallyopenedonMay1,1931indramaticfashion,whenUnitedStatesPresidentHerbertHooverturnedonthebuilding’slightswiththepushofabuttonfromWashington,D.C.Coincidentally.ObservationdeckThebuildinghas85storiesofcommercialandofficespacerepresenting2,158,000sqft(200,500m2).Ithasanindoorandoutdoorobservationdeckonthe86thfloor.Floodlights•In1964,floodlightswereaddedtoilluminatethetopofthebuildingatnight,incolorschosentomatchseasonalandotherevents,suchasChristmas,IndependenceDayandBastilleDay（法国国庆日7月14日，）FilmPerhapsthemostfamouspopularculturerepresentationofthebuildingisinthe1933filmKingKong,inwhichthetitlecharacter,agiantape,climbstothetoptoescapehiscaptorsbutfallstohisdeathafterbeingattackedbyairplanes.