...Think about a place where you can see the magnificent panorama of New York City, like a bird looking down from the clouds. I bet the Empire State Building comes to mind. For 40 years after its completion, it was the tallest building in the world, with a length of 443.2 meters. Now it is the third tallest building in the USA ("U.S.A.'s tallest buildings - Top 20"). The reason for its initial creation a competition of "who could build the highest building first" ("The History of the Empire State Building"). However, in this day and age, it has morphed into one of the most popular places for touristic trips and also for the movies. Because of the Empire State Building's unique aspects, lots of movies are filmed there, such as: "Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief" and "An Affair to Remember". All of the directors used this building to create different effects on the audience. "Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief" is a film which is based on the famous book of Rick Riordan. Logan Lerman, Rosario Dawson, Pierce Brosnan, Uma Thurman and Catherine Keener enliven the wonderful characters of this book. The film is about a young boy called Percy who grew up without a father and has bizarre features. As the movie continues he learns that his father is actually a Greek god, Poseidon, and his difference, which seems as an illness in real life, comes from his father’s inhuman genes. Moreover, Zeus, who was also a Greek god, thinks that Percy stole his...
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...| Introduction After deciding on and obtaining a site for the Empire State Building the plan was to build a skyscraper as tall as possible without falling down. The logic of the plan was very simple. A certain amount of space in the center, arranged as compactly as possible, contains the vertical circulation, mail chutes, toilets, shafts and corridors (4). Surrounding this is a perimeter of office space 28 feet deep. The sizes of the floors diminish as the elevators decrease in number. In essence, there is a pyramid of non-rentable space surrounded by a greater pyramid of rentable space (4). In essence the taller the building, the higher the risk and the narrower the tip of the building became. There are many risks to consider when starting a project especially if these projects are tied to high cost and high consideration for safety. One of the initial concerns for the Empire State Building project back in the early 1930’s was that because of its enormous height and weight that it would eventually collapse. Due to its height requirements the design was a critical component of this project. When completed the Empire State Building stood at 1,454 feet from ground level to the top of the lightning rod making it the tallest building in the world for 41 years until the World Trade Center's Twin Towers were built (1). Some of the risks associated with the possibility of the empire state building collapsing are as follows: I. Design Frame Structure Steel Frame When one...
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...Construction of the Empire State Building Course Project 7/28/2012 By: Amanda Barnard For Professor Davy Table of Contents I. Introdcution……………………………………………………………………………….. 2 II. Fault Tree One……………………………………………………………………………. 3 III. Discussion of Fault Tree One……………………………………………………… 3-5 IV. Fault Tree Two………………………………………………………………………….. 5 V. Discussion of Fault Tree Two……………………………………………………… 6-7 VI. Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………………. 7 I. Introduction The Empire State Building (ESB) was one of the tallest buildings of its time. John Jacob Raskob was the president of GM in the 1020’s and enjoyed being the leading capitalist of America. After he was forced to resign in 1929, he sold all his stock and decided to buy a piece of property to do something that the world has never seen before (CBS Team, 2004). That was to make the biggest building in the world. Raskob hired the company Shreve, Lamb, and Harmon to design the building that he envisioned. During the planning of the ESB, Raskob became aware of the structure that Walter Chrysler was building (the Chrysler Building). Chrysler also wanted to build the tallest building ever made and he kept the final height a secret in order to do so. Raskob’s team had designed a building originally at 80 stories high. Not knowing what height they had to overcome, they continued to develop their plan (CBS Team, 2004). On January 22nd, 1930, construction began for this skyscraper...
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...My aunt has been to Maine and on her way up there she stopped at New York. She made me want to see New York and see all the monuments she saw like the Empire State Building, Niagara Falls and the Statue of Liberty! First, I want to go to the Empire State Building. I would like to go to the top of the Empire State Building and look off and see the whole entire city of New York. I would like to take take a tour of pictures. Then sit and wait for the sun set and then take more pictures of the sunset. I know that the Empire state building is really tall. So I would take the elevator all the way up to the top so I would not have to walk all was up the stairs. It may talk a long time to get to the top so I would take an elevator so It would...
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...on Thursday.” Police and building department officials are searching for answers to how the crane dropped. Officials said the aftermath of the hefty crane may have ruined underground gas mains, and utility inspectors were sent to see if there were any gas leaks. So far, a leaking water main was noted and is shut down. Transportation and subways have also taken a toll from this incident. The No. 1 subway train is now navigating Franklin Street and Chambers Street. Also, No. 2 and No. 3 subway trains are rerouting around Chambers Street. Building Commissioner Rick Chandler reported that the collateral damage, thus far, was the parapets on two sites near the New York Law School. In fear of these two buildings crumpling, the streets were currently blocked off until further notice. Due to the incident, spokeswoman Silvia Alvarez announced that New York Law School campus is temporarily closed, and will resume the following...
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...The Wonders of MANHATTAN By Luke Lindgren Manhattan is one of the five boroughs of New York City, which are Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, Staton Island, and the Bronx. Manhattan is the largest and most-visited borough, largely because it has very famous attractions like Times Square, Broadway, The Empire State Building, and Central Park, just to name a few. The Population of Manhattan, based off the 2012 Census, is 1,619,090. I am now going to tell you about a few things you can do at some of the attractions. Go to Times Square! Times Square is one of the largest attractions of the world, has some of the tallest buildings in America, and many amazing celebrations and stores. Firstly, it has the Mega Toys R Us store with an indoor ferris wheel, 4 floors of endless fun, and huge lego statues like a 7-foot tall Empire State Building and a 6-foot tall Lego model of Lady Liberty. Times Sqaure also has the M&M’s store, with over a hundred different colors and flavors for you to mix, and a ton more. It has Godiva, Hershey’s, and a Disney store too! Times Square has the biggest New Year’s Eve ball drops in the country with famous performers and thousands of people in the crowd. It also holds the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, and has an awesome 4th of July with the Statue of Liberty. Another Amazing place you should visit in Manhattan is Wall Street. It is a historic, large street with many amazing things you can do and places you can see. Wall Street is the “financial district”...
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...before the Empire State Building do not stare beyond its facade and question the history that has made it one of New York City's most prized landmarks. It is often viewed two-dimensionally, as a vertical line amongst other vertical lines in an impressive skyline. However, the Empire State Building is not so much a building as a capsule encompassing a three-dimensional space loaded with histories. It is necessary to address these histories dynamically, and from multiple historical angles in order to gain a more complete and multi-faceted understanding of the building. To discuss the Empire State Building, this paper will look beyond its presence as a building and question its history on a micro level, as well as the history it produced on a macro level, from the impact it had on the lives of poor laborers, to its impact throughout the entire nation and the rest of the world. This discussion of the Empire State will start at the beginning, and address two characters that were foundational to its creation. The first of these men is John Jacob Raskob, the financial support that was necessary for the building's realization. Raskob chose real estate as a venue in which to invest because it was popularly regarded as safe and secure (Tauranac 98). He was not interested in investing in something that was perceived as glamorous and rather chose the path he imagined to have the least risk. The second man is Alfred E. Smith; he became a spokesperson of sorts to the building. As a politician...
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...New York city is one the largest city in the world. Home to numerous iconic landmarks such as Statue of Liberty, Central Park, Empire State building and a buzzing culture. New York is a city that wears many hats with elan. It is an awesome city with a blend of history and modernity offering feasts for all. 1. After the Empire State Building opened in New York City in 1931, much of its office space went unrented. It was nicknamed the “Empty State Building” by New Yorkers and didn’t become profitable until 1950. The Empire state building was built in 1931, 12 days ahead of schedule. It was the tallest building in New York dwarfing the newly completed Chrysler Building. Due to the Great Depression, the building had difficulty finding tenants.The...
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...Domestic terrorism has been a part of United States (U.S.) history since its independence. Domestic terrorism can be defined in the U.S. as acts dangerous to human life or the infrastructure and committed by a U.S. citizen. New York City is no stranger to acts of terrorism whether it is domestic or international. New York City is considered the financial center of the world and is home to numerous critical infrastructures that can be vulnerable to acts of domestic terrorism. One of the major critical infrastructures is the Empire State Building, which after an assessment is vulnerable to acts of domestic terrorism. Empire State Building The Empire State Building is a 103 story high skyscraper located in the heart of Midtown, Manhattan. It is a privately owned commercial building located on 34th Street and 5th Avenue. Since 1931, the Empire State Building has been part of the New York City skyline and is now considered a landmark. There are numerous different business organizations and stores that rent out space and it is even home to local radio stations. The Empire State building is one of the main tourist attractions in New York City and its observation deck, located on the 86th floor, has been host to over 100 million tourists since it first opened its doors. The Empire State Building has been featured in famous films such as King Kong and Sleepless in Seattle to name a few. The building creates a lot of revenue for the City of New York as well as its owners. Any...
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...demand. The skyscrapers are seen as repetition/reproduction of the site/earth by Rem Koolhaas. The lobby of the skyscrapers accommodates social facilities such as shops and bars, which competes with the street and finally makes the surrounding streets deserted. Like the Unite de Marseilles, they have the ambition to become “a city within a city.” The Model of the 100 Stories Building The building is interrupted every 20th floor by public plazas that separate different functional sectors: industry at the bottom, business in the second quarter, living in the third and a hotel in the fourth. The 20th floor is a general market, the 40th a theater, the 60th a shopping district the 80th a hotel the 100th an amusement park, roof garden and swimming pool. And it has a temperature and atmosphere regulating system. The forthcoming model of the skyscraper is the combination of three attributes: 1.the reproduction of the site (seen in Flatiron Building). 2. The introduction of a tower (Metropolitan Life Building). 3. The occupancy of the whole block (the Madison Square Garden). All the three form of building have their own drawbacks: the multiplication lacks meaning, the tower has meaning but its intention of isolation is compromised by the its location, which is just a small plot in one single block, and the sole occupancy of the whole block, like the Madison Square Garden cannot...
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...cables used in networking, copper and fiber. Each cable are used in different application regarding to its usage. They also have different strengths cause of the material they are made of. Copper is the most common out of the two cables. Not as powerful as Fiber, but are ideal for buildings up to 100m. Fiber is mostly used for longer distances that copper can’t reach. For example, Fiber is ideal for high-rise buildings. Both cables do have their weakness. Copper can contract electrical current cause’s disruption between two devices and loses its signal over 100m in length. Fiber has a glass core. Bending the fiber to much will break the glass and renders the fiber useless. I good example for using each cable in a real world situation would be a high-rise building. Take the empire state building, you couldn’t possibly use copper wires to connect to each switch from each floor to the main hub. The signal will fade on the higher levels of the building. And you wouldn’t want to use fiber to connect from a switch to each room or outlet. Too many cramped spaces and you would not want to bend the fiber too much for the signal to break. So, you can use the fiber to connect from the main hub of the building to each switch on every level and you wouldn’t bend the fiber to its breaking point. Copper can be used to connect the rooms to the switch and you wouldn’t have to worry about having to break a piece of glass to go around or to wrap around an object. Just make sure your cable isn’t...
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...long. It is so amazing by how beautiful it was made by the Colorado River and erosion. To me if you look at the layers of rock it looks like a map of time. My family and I traveled halfway down to the bottom. In the bottom there is a small town named Supai. Native Americans made small settlements within the canyon and its many caves. The second place I want to talk about is New York City. When I was nine my mom got a travel assignment to New York City. When we were there we did many things; always did something. There was two places that I really enjoyed seeing. They were the Empire State Building and Broadway. We never went and saw a play, but we didn’t mind. I loved to see Broadway at night it was so beautiful by how it would light up. When I was a little girl I always dreamed that me and my brothers would go to Broadway and be in a play or one of us wrote a play. The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper. When I first saw it I was shocked by how tall it was. It just took my breathe away. One of the most historic and most beautiful towns I have ever been would have to be Charleston, South...
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...1 2 Introduction: This paper is about the risks associated with the construction of the Empire State Building. Risk is defined as the probability that an unfavorable outcome will occur. This paper will be addressing the possibilities of fire detection failure in the entire Empire State Building and the root cause of the failure, and also to mitigate the problem. Because of the size of the building and the number of level it is very important for the fire detection to be working perfectly. - It will also address possibility of power failure and the likely cause of the failure risk associated with the construction of the Empire State Building. Fault tree Analysis will be used to find the out the causes of the failures. The second risk is the possibility of water leakage in the building. Fault tree analysis is used to illustrate the likely problem and the root cause of the problem. Sources of construction project risk: The project manager will use the budget which was based on the historical data for similar project. Timeline of any project is very critical. Completing a project within the budget and schedule has always been the goal of a project manager, so for that reason the project manager will set the completion date with the callobration of the stakeholders of the project...
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...Top 10 the tallest building in the world in 2015 By Nida, Nov 17th, 2015 Talking about top 10 the tallest building in the world in 2015 which has a stunning panorama of heights or the architecture in various parts of the world is very much at all. Whether there are the buildings with extremely tall or the magnificent building. If you are curious, the following will describe the 10 tallest buildings in the world in 2015. 1. Burj Khalifa (828m) In the grand opening in 2010, the building of Burj Khalifa is the tallest building of any building in the world since 2009. This building is located in Dubai, precisely at 1 Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Blvd, United Arab Emirates. This building has a tremendous height of 828 meters (2,717 ft). This building...
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... For one, it is the financial heart of the United States of America, and the opportunities afforded by that distinction apply to the entire gamut of careers. While New York City is often associated with lawyers, stock brokers, or even the world’s fashion elite, engineers are not excluded from the array of opportunities. In fact, the aesthetic and practical prospects are varied and comprehensive. The first major benefit for an engineer living in New York City is the sheer inspiration. New York’s architectural designs, from the Statue of Liberty to the Empire State Building to the Chrysler Building, are an engineering marvel. As such, they serve as a great example of what can be accomplished with engineering. They are a testament to the direct products of engineering being more than functional. They serve as proof that they can transcend even into works of art. And nowhere is that as apparent as in New York City. This unparalleled variety of engineering feats constitutes a large part of the “New York advantage” for an engineer. While the educational road to engineering remains rooted in mathematics and theoretical work, New York is a unique and vibrant example of what can be mobilized with those theories. Even the most logically driven engineer would be persuaded of the great artistic and social implications of engineering products when they see a skyline dominated by skyscrapers and consider the ways in which these buildings irrevocably changed our history. To understand the...
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