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The Empire Building at 71 Broadway on the corner of Rector Street in the Financial District of Manhattan, New York City is a 21-story (69.3 m) steel framed curtain-wall skyscraper designed by Kimball & Thompson in the Classical Revival style and built by Marc Eidlitz & Son from 1895-98. It is one of the earliest skyscrapers built on pneumatic caissons and one of the oldest still standing today. The building was the home of United States Steel Corporation from its founding in 1901 to 1976. Since 1997, it has served as an apartment building. It was designated a New York City landmark in 1996 and placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.
Empire Building may refer to:
- Empire-building, tendency of countries and nations to acquire resources, land, and economic influence outside of their borders
- Empire Building (Atlanta), J. Mack Robinson College of Business Administration Building, 4 storey highrise in Georgia State University
- Empire Building (Birmingham, Alabama), in Heaviest Corner on Earth
- Empire Building (Manhattan), 21 story steel framed curtain-wall skyscraper in New York City
- Empire Building (Melbourne), building in Melbourne, Australia
- Empire State Building, 102-story landmark in New York City
- Empire Buildings, heritage-listed building in Albany, Western Australia
The Empire Building was home to commercial, retail arcade with offices and showrooms over, in the city of Melbourne, Australia. It stands beside the Mutual Store building on the corner of Flinders Street and Degraves Street, opposite Flinders Street Station. The Empire Building and Mutual Store were redeveloped into a residential complex, completed in 2006.