帝国大厦位于纽约曼哈顿第五大道和第34街的交界处，是一栋超高层的现代化办公大楼。它始建于1930年3月，当时处于西方经济危机时期，曾经是美国经济复苏的象征，如今仍然和自由女神一起成为纽约永远的标志。
帝国大厦的地上建筑体有381米高，一共102层。在86楼和102楼设有望台，晴天时可远望至100公里远的地方。20世纪50年代大厦顶端安装的天线使它的高度上升至443.5米，在纽约世界贸易中心兴建之前，这里一直是纽约市最高的建筑，并且一直雄踞世界最高建筑的宝座达40年之久。
The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in New York City at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street.It rises to 1,250 feet (381 m) at the 102nd floor, and including the 203-foot (62 m) pinnacle, its full height reaches 1,453 feet (443 m). It has an indoor and outdoor observation deck on the 86th floor. The Empire State Building stood as the world’s tallest building for more than forty years, from its completion in 1931 until construction of the World Trade Center’s North Tower was com pleted in 1972.
