Empire State Building
Subtitle: When New York Reached for the Skies (Wonders of the World Book)
Contributors: Alan Witschonke (Illustrator); Lewis Hine (Photographer)
Publisher: Mikaya Press
Published: February 4, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9781931414081
Subjects: Commercial & public buildings; New York; Empire State Building (New York, N.Y.); Juvenile Architecture; Juvenile Nonfiction; Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction; Juvenile literature; Children: Grades 4-6; USA; History - United States/20th Century; Architecture; Architecture - New York (State) - New York; Building, Iron and Steel - Juvenile literature; Empire State Building (New York, NY) - Design and construction - History - Juvenile literature; Juvenile Nonfiction / History / United States / 20th Century; New York (State); Building, Iron and Steel
First sentence: On October 1, 1929, Alfred E. Smith joked with the reporters gathered on the roof of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel at the corner of 34th Street and Fifth Avenue in New York City.