But the race hotted up when plans for the 1,000ft tall Empire State Building were announced. But then the designers of the Empire State went back to the drawing board and added more floors. It's original design planThe owners of the Empire State Building were convinced that transatlantic airships travel was the future. The Empire State building has 2,768, 591 square feet of floor space,73 elevators and 6,500 windows. Star powerMore than 110 million people have visited the Empire State Building’s famous observatory since the building opened in 1931.

Source: Daily Mirror May 01, 2019 06:00 UTC