20 Incredible Photos of the Construction of the Empire State Building

These are amazing photographs of the building of the Empire State Building. "The Empire State Building, the 102-story skyscraper on Fifth Ave. between West 33rd and 34th Streets in Midtown Manhattan stands 1,454 feet tall. It was the world’s tallest building for 39 years from its completion in 1931 until the World Trade Center’s North Tower was completed in 1770 [sic]. It has been named one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World by the American Society of Civil Engineers."