Empire State Building, New York

Architect: William F. Lamb of Shreve, Lamb and Harmon Architect Firm
Structural Engineers:  H.G. Balcom of H.G. Balcom and Associates

The Empire State Building was completed in 1931 and is greatly seen as one of the seven wonders of the modern world. while it was being built it was in stiff competition to be the worlds tallest building against other projects like the Chrysler building also of New York. For more than 40 the Empire State stood as the tallest building in the world until it was surpassed by the twin towers (temporerily) however in recent years projects in dubai have topped it and the empire state is now ranked the 15th tallest building in the world. The building was officially opened on May 1, 1931 in elaborate fashion, when the United States President at the time Herbert Hoover turned on the building's lights with the push of a button all way from Washington, D.C. Coincidentally, the first use of tower lights atop the Empire State Building, the following year, was for the purpose of signaling the victory of Franklin D. Roosevelt over Hoover in the presidential election of November 1932. Today the Empire State is a large tourist attraction New York, with its incredible 360 degree views of surrounding Manhatten.