How much did Empire State Building cost to build?
The Empire State Building is the 102-storey, 381 m Art Deco skyscraper on Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, designed by Shreve, Lamb and Harmon and built by Starrett Brothers and Eken from 17 March 1930, completed on 11 April 1931 and opened on 1 May 1931. English Wikipedia, citing Sinclair 1998, lists its cost as 40,948,900 dollars, a figure repeated by the construction knowledge site Designing Buildings.
Final project cost
$40.9489 million
Cost basis: 1931
Domenico Convertini from Zurich, SchweizCC BY-SA 2.0
Cost evidence
Basis of the published figure
Final project cost1931
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Key dimensions
- Heightdesigningbuildings.co.uk
- 381 m
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