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The Empire State Building is a 102story art deco skyscraper located at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street in New York City It stood as the world's tallest building for more than forty years, from its completion in 1931, until the World Trade Center's North Tower was completed in 1972The Empire State Building measures 1,454 feet from its base to the tip of the lightning rod It has 102 floors and, at the time of construction in 1931, was the tallest building in the world It held that title for over 40 years, until the north tower of the World Trade Center was built in 1972The Empire State Building was the first commercial construction project to employ the technique of fasttrack construction, a commonplace approach today but very new in the early th Century This technique consists of starting the construction process before the designs are fully completed in order to reduce delays and inflation costs Q Tbn And9gcqy1kjdaf8cxpc Dzwmqjkbjvyd66bdgtjsyawtq8utjhjizw