Height to roof381 m
69.3Giraffes
109Parallel bar lengths
544 millionRed light wavelengths
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Empire State Building
New York City's most iconic Art Deco skyscraper/Towers & Skyscrapers
Completed in 1931 in just 410 days, the Empire State Building held the title of world's tallest building for nearly 40 years. Its lightning rod gets struck by lightning about 20-25 times per year, which honestly seems like a lot. It has 73 elevators and its own zip code.
Measurements
Height with antenna443 m
2,955Sandwich halves
985Necklace lengths
Total mass331 million kg
630 millionOlympic gold medals
110 billionHummingbirds
13.2 trillionRice grain weights
Including the building and its foundation
Total floor area257,000 m²
3,954Classrooms
26.5 millionIndex cards
14.4 billionthsPluto surfaces
Base width (5th Ave side)129 m
108Ski pole lengths
679Pencils
Base depth (33rd St side)57 m
38Hockey sticks
7.48Tape measure lengths
31.7Taylor Swifts
Enclosed volume1 million m³
418Olympic swimming pools
1.4 billionWine bottles
4 tenthsGreat Pyramid volumes
Approximate total enclosed volume
Elevator speed6.1 m/s
792 millionthsOrbiting satellites
2 tenthsCheetahs
Express elevators