Show new york buildings building the empire state building la Is 1243 1248 feet high building began in february 1930 and it was opened on may 1 1031 elevators run to the observatory on the eighty sixth floor from there two elevators run to a special gallery 1210 feet above the street level and there Is a 12 foot stairway above this to another observation platform radio city covers three large city blocks between fifth and sixth avenues and forty eighth to fifty first streets the surface area Is square feet or almost 12 acres there are 12 building units ran ranging ing from SIX sir to 70 stories la in height in the entire project |