点评:In my humble opinion the Empire State Building and its two Observatory Decks is still the prime observatory platform in all of New York City, simply because it IS still the most majestic and striking Empire State Building!
It has been open since it was completed in 1931 during the height of our worst US Financial crises, our American Great Depression. Many people don’t realize this fact that the Empire State building was struck by an aircraft and did not collapse. In July 1945, a U.S, Army Air Forces B-25 bomber accidentally crashed into the 78th and 79th floors during a very dense morning fog. Thank goodness the day was a Saturday as there were less than 1,500 employees in the tower, normally during a week day there would have been over 15,000 employees. The total number of causalities numbered fourteen people died.
My grandson toured the two observatory Decks, first the on the 86 floor which is open to the air, and then the enclosed deck on the 102 floor.
The Empire State Building is one of the top five tallest buildings in New York City, and it is by far the oldest, as the construction was started in 1930 and completed in a record time of only 410 days and opened in 1931. A speed record that has never been equaled in any large building!
Two types of trivia that I like to mention when it comes to this special building. A researcher from Cornell University researched millions of photo’s, in 2011 and discovered that the Empire State Building: “is the most photographed building in the world”!
Also, UBER studied “UBER Destinations” in 2018 and discovered that among 75+ million riders that it found that the Empire State Building was the most popular destination in the world!
Finally, the Empire State Building has its own ZIP code: 10118.
What we really liked was the Empire State Buildings lobby, as it is still in its’ original design, which is still a very famous and beautiful art deco from the 1920s and 1930s. The other famous New York Skyscraper in this same style is the Chrysler Building, which also remains one of my other favorite buildings. In New York City.
I love the views from both observation decks, but especially of Lower Manhattan and of the streets below the building.
Many photos were taken from on top of the Empire State Buildings observation twin decks.
I will try to select the best ones for your enjoyment.
翻译:以我愚见,帝国大厦及其两个观景台依然是整个纽约市最绝佳的观景场所,原因很简单——它依旧是那座最为雄伟、最令人惊叹的帝国大厦啊!
该大楼自1931年竣工以来便一直对公众开放,当时正值美国最严重的经济危机时期,也就是大萧条年代。很多人并不知道这样一个事实:帝国大厦曾遭飞机撞击,却并未坍塌。1945年7月,一架美国……在晨雾浓重之时,美国陆军航空队的一架B-25轰炸机不慎撞上了大楼的第78层和第79层。幸好当天是周六,大楼里的员工不到1,500人;平日里这个时间,楼内通常会有超过15,000名员工。此次事故共造成14人死亡。
我的孙子参观了两个观景台:先是位于86层、露天开放的观景台,随后又去了102层的有顶棚的观景台。帝国大厦是纽约市最高的五座建筑之一,而且也是其中最古老的一座——其建造始于1930年,仅用了410天便以创纪录的速度竣工,并于1931年正式启用。这一建造速度至今仍是所有大型建筑中无人能及的纪录!
关于这座特别的建筑,有两类冷知识是我喜欢提及的。康奈尔大学的一位研究员研究了数百万张照片。2011年时,人们发现帝国大厦“是世界上被拍摄次数最多的建筑物”!
此外,优步在2018年对“优步目的地”进行了调研,在超过7500万名乘客中,发现帝国大厦是全球最受欢迎的目的地!
最后,帝国大厦还有自己专用的邮政编码:10118。
我们特别喜欢帝国大厦的大厅,因为它至今仍保持着最初的设计风格。它堪称20世纪20至30年代非常著名且美丽的装饰艺术风格建筑。同样采用这种风格的著名纽约摩天大楼还有克莱斯勒大厦,它也是我最喜欢的建筑之一。
我喜欢从两个观景台欣赏风景,尤其是下曼哈顿的景色以及大楼下方的街道。
许多照片都是在帝国大厦的两个观景台上拍摄的。我会尽力挑选出最精彩的照片供大家欣赏。