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EMPIRE STATE BUILDING (2)
EMPIRE STATE BUILDING (2)
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a
skyscraper
completed in 1931 in
New York City
. For many years it was the tallest building in the world, standing at 1,250 feet high and having 102 stories. It acquires
its
name from the
nickname
for
New York
State
, "the
Empire
State
."
—
3rd South African
unpublished Appr GLS (19.3.92)