Empire State Plaza
The Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza is a complex of several state government buildings in downtown Albany, New York. The complex was built between 1965 and 1976 at an estimated total cost of $2 billion.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: building complex in Albany, New York, United States
- Also known as: “Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza” and “South Mall”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Egg and Erastus Corning Tower.
The Egg
Arts center
Photo: Nitant23, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Egg is a performing arts venue in Albany, New York. Named for its shape, the building was designed by Harrison & Abramovitz as part of the Empire State Plaza project, and built between 1966 and 1978. The Egg is situated 440 feet east of Empire State Plaza.
Erastus Corning Tower
Government office
The Erastus Corning Tower, also known as the Mayor Erastus Corning 2nd Tower or simply the Corning Tower, is a skyscraper located in downtown Albany, New York. Erastus Corning Tower is situated 570 feet south of Empire State Plaza.
Alfred E. Smith Building
Government office
Photo: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Alfred E. Smith Building, known officially as the Alfred E. Smith State Office Building and sometimes called simply the Smith Building, is a structure located in downtown Albany, New York across the street from the New York State Capitol and One Commerce Plaza. Alfred E. Smith Building is situated 1,200 feet north of Empire State Plaza.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sheridan Hollow and Arbor Hill Historic District–Ten Broeck Triangle.
Sheridan Hollow
Neighborhood
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Sheridan Hollow is a neighborhood in Albany, New York located in a ravine north of Downtown Albany. Capitol Hill to the south and Arbor Hill to the north flank the ravine.
Arbor Hill Historic District–Ten Broeck Triangle
Neighborhood
Photo: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Arbor Hill Historic District–Ten Broeck Triangle, originally the Ten Broeck Historic District, is a seven-block area located within the Arbor Hill neighborhood north of what is today downtown Albany, New York, United States.
Arbor Hill
Neighborhood
Photo: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Arbor Hill is a neighborhood in Albany, New York, generally defined as the area from Clinton Avenue north to Tivoli Hollow and the Livingston Avenue Railroad Bridge and from Broadway west to Henry Johnson Boulevard.
Empire State Plaza
- Categories: building complex, square, and tourism
- Location: Albany, Albany, Capital District, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.65067° or 42° 39′ 2″ northLongitude
-73.76° or 73° 45′ 36″ westElevation
118 feet (36 metres)Open location code
87J8M62R+72OpenStreetMap ID
way 37930109OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Uzbek—“Empire State Plaza” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “帝國廣場”
- Esperanto: “Empire State Plaza”
- French: “Empire State Plaza”
- Italian: “Empire State Plaza”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Empire State Plaza”
- Slovenian: “Empire State Plaza”
- Spanish: “Empire State Plaza”
- Spanish: “plaza del Empire State”
- Swedish: “Empire State Plaza”
- Uzbek: “Empire State Plaza”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Empire State Plaza”. Photo: Jer21999, Public domain.