sears tower is taller than empire state.
which is taller empire state or sears tower?
sears tower
after the construction of the home insurance building in chicago in the 19th century, the incrementation in the height of skyscrapers began with the construction of the chrysler building, followed by the empire state building, in new york city. the chrysler building was the first building in the world to break the barrier, and the empire state building was the first building to have more than 100 floors. it stands at and has 102 floors. the next tallest skyscraper was the world trade center, which was completed in 1971. the north tower was and the south tall. it surpassed the height of the empire state building by . two years later the sears tower was built in chicago, standing at with 110 floors, surpassing the height of the world trade center by . the petronas towers rose 10 meters above the sears tower, standing at a height of and each having 88 floors.
history of the world's tallest buildings
the september 11 attacks in 2001 destroyed the world trade center and the broadcast centers atop it, leaving most of the city's stations without a station for ten days until a temporary tower was built in alpine, new jersey. by october 2001, nearly all of the city's commercial broadcast stations (both television and fm radio) were again transmitting from the top of the empire state building. in a report that congress commissioned about the transition from analog television to digital television, it was stated that the placement of broadcast stations in the empire state building was considered "problematic" due to interference from other nearby towers. in comparison, the congressional report stated that the former twin towers had very few buildings of comparable height nearby thus signals suffered little interference. in 2003, a few fm stations were relocated to the nearby condé nast building to reduce the number of broadcast stations using the empire state building. eleven television stations and twenty-two fm stations had signed 15-year leases in the building by may 2003. it was expected that a taller broadcast tower in bayonne, new jersey, or governors island, would be built in the meantime with the empire state building being used as a "backup" since signal transmissions from the building were generally of poorer quality.
empire state building