Amazon Quiz (September 3, 2021): How many floors does this iconic skyscraper in the US have?
1) 122
2) 102
3) 98
4) 111
Answer: 102
The Empire State Building in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States. It was designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and built from 1930 to 1931.
The building has a roof height of 1,250 feet (380 m) and stands a total of 1,454 feet (443.2 m) tall, including its antenna. The Empire State Building stood as the world’s tallest building until the construction of the World Trade Center in 1970; following the latter’s collapse in 2001, the Empire State Building was again the city’s tallest skyscraper until 2012.
As of 2020, the Empire State Building is the seventh-tallest building in New York City, the ninth-tallest completed skyscraper in the United States, the 49th-tallest in the world, and the sixth-tallest freestanding structure in the Americas.
