Empire State Building

New York, United States

Architectural postcard illustration of the Empire State Building in New York City
An architectural postcard from the Living Atlas.

A 102-story Art Deco skyscraper completed in 1931, once the world's tallest building and still the anchor of the Manhattan skyline.

Why Atlas chose this place

The setback ziggurat profile is pure architectural drawing material — limestone, steel, and Depression-era ambition in one tower.

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